Activists stage global climate protest, slam Ukraine war
CTV
Climate activists staged a 10th series of worldwide protests Friday to demand that leaders take stronger action against global warming, with some linking their environmental message to calls for an end to the war in Ukraine.
The Fridays for Future movement, inspired by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, called demonstrations from Australia to Indonesia and the United States to Sweden.
In Jakarta, activists dressed in red robes and held placards demanding "system change not climate change."
Others held a banner saying "G20, stop funding our extinction," a reference to the fact that the Group of 20 biggest developed and emerging economies account for about 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Indonesia hosts the group's next summit this fall.
In Rome, protesters carried a giant inflatable globe through the streets and a banner reading "Make school, not war."
