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climate strike

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Climate Strike in Cleveland

Etymology

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Firstly coined in 2015 during a mass demonstration at UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, the expression took off only in 2018 after the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg started skipping school on Fridays in order to protest in front of the national parliament. In September 2019 around six million people joined the climate strike worldwide.

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climate strike (plural climate strikes)

  1. A protest in which people absent themselves from professional or educational activities in order to join demonstrations calling for action to counter climate change.
    Synonym: school strike for the climate, Fridays for Future

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