Following tens of thousands of youth in 123 countries around the world as part of the #FridaysForFuture movement, India saw some of its first school strikes against climate change. Inspired by 16-year-old Swedish student, climate activist, and now Nobel Prize nominee, Greta Thunberg, who protests every Friday outside the Swedish Parliament to urge leaders to fight climate change — hundreds of students walked out of schools across multiple cities in India demanding the government to take action. Around 200 students skipped school in Delhi-NCR (many of whom were students from impoverished backgrounds), emphatically demanding that the government reduce carbon emissions before it’s too late.
— source downtoearth.org.in | 18 Mar 2019