Environmental activist Greta Thunberg will be in 麻豆传媒映画on Friday to take part in a .
Environmental activist Greta Thunberg will be in 麻豆传媒映画on Friday to take part in a 鈥榩ost-election鈥� Climate Strike.
Thousands are expected to attend the rally to hear the 16-year-old Swedish climate champion speak before taking to the streets. Thunberg is known for inspiring the and weekly climate strikes to highlight the need for urgent action aimed at halting climate change. The youngster, who has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, is making big-waves across the globe with her emotional environmental speeches.
Friday鈥檚 Climate Strike hosted by Sustainabiliteens Vancouver, Climate Strike Canada and the David Suzuki Foundation aims to outline the important 鈥楴ext Steps for climate strikers across Canada.
Activists are set to gather at the 麻豆传媒映画Art Gallery at 11am for welcome speeches before taking to the streets of downtown for a 3km march.
Thunberg spoke at a similar event in Edmonton last week, which attracted a crowd of up to 12,000.
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The event follows a Global Climate Strike in September that saw more than 7 million people worldwide mobilized to demand climate action, including over 900,000 people across Canada.
In September, Thunberg was welcomed by thousands in Montreal where she was greeted as a 鈥測oung warrior lady鈥� by Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde and marchers honoured her with signs declaring, 鈥淢ake the world Greta again.鈥�
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Vancouverites came together at 麻豆传媒映画city hall before marching over the Cambie Street Bridge and into downtown on September 27 to demand action.
Organizers claim that was 鈥渙nly the beginning.鈥�
At Friday鈥檚 event activists intend to 鈥渟how that we will continue standing up to those in power for our futures,鈥� according to the Facebook event page.
Organizers say they want the newly elected minority government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to create a Green New Deal that puts science-aligned emission reduction targets into legislation.
Spokesman Sam Lin says now is the time for cross-party collaboration to battle the climate crisis.
"We call on the new MPs to act like adults, put aside your partisan differences and take action for a safer and more beautiful world for future generations," Lin says in the statement.
The strike will also feature an exciting announcement about a key next step in the Canadian youth climate movement.
'NEXT STEPS' CLIMATE STRIKE
11am: Strike Welcome & Speeches
11:30: March
12:30: Speeches
Location: 麻豆传媒映画Art Gallery 鈥� 750 Hornby Street
鈥� With files from The Canadian Press
