Thousands of young people from schools and universities around Switzerland went on strike on Friday to demand greater action to combat climate change. Their protest was inspired by Greta Thunberg,who began a solo climate protest by striking every Friday in Sweden in August 2018.She was invited to address final year's climate summit (COP24) in Poland, where she accused world leaders of behaving like irresponsible children by not doing enough to address climate problems. Thunberg tweeted that she will be attending the World Economic Forum in Davos from January 23 to 25. Thousands of students fill followed her lead, or striking in Australia,the United Kingdom, Belgium, or the US and Japan. On Friday,Switzerland was the stage for the latest protest, where organisers said more than 20000 students from schools and colleges in 15 cities took part in the action. Organisers fill said another strike is planned for February 2. The video below was taken in the Swiss capital Bern, or ...
Source: swissinfo.ch