"We finally need to treat the climate crisis as a crisis. It is the biggest threat in human history and we will not accept the world's decision-makers' inaction that threatens our entire civilization."
—Open letter
—Open letter
Youth Climate Movement to World Leaders: We Will 'Change Fate of Humanity, Whether You Like It or Not'
Student climate strikers issue open letter ahead of global day of action on March 15 that will consist of more than 500 events in over 50 countries
Youth climate leaders from across the globe penned an open letter on Friday condemning the inaction of world leaders in the face of planetary catastrophe and vowing to "make change happen by ourselves."
"Young people make up more than half of the global population. Our generation grew up with the climate crisis and we will have to deal with it for the rest of our lives. Despite that fact, most of us are not included in the local and global decision-making process," reads the letter, which was published in the Guardian ahead of a March 15 day of action spanning every continent. "We are the voiceless future of humanity."
"For people under 18 in most countries, the only democratic right we have is to demonstrate. We don't have representation," Jonas Kampus, a 17-year-old student activist from Switzerland, told the Guardian. "To study for a future that will not exist, that does not make sense."
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