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How Did the Youth Climate Movement Begin? (4:05)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zctj7rKwbkc

• In 2018, a Swedish girl named Greta Thunberg protested with a sign saying, “School Strike for Climate.”
• Greta’s campaign sparked a global movement inspiring young people around the world to organise their own strikes.
• By September 2019, there were over 3 million school strikers.
• During the Covid-19 pandemic, the movement went virtual.
• Much of the climate crisis is linked to despair, eco-anxiety and feelings of hopelessness, but people raising awareness and talking about the movement have given the youth hope.
• The youth climate movement has grown a lot over the past few years, and its presence was front and central at the 2022 COP.