Cape Town rises to fight climate change

Climate change is one of the biggest problems humanity is faced with. Citizens across the world have risen up to appeal to their various governments to respond to the dire climate crisis. Fossil fuel companies across the globe have harmed the environment, and young people have now had enough.

Today, the UN Climate Change Summit is taking place in New York, and people are calling on fossil fuels to remain in the ground and put laws in place that make it a requirement for countries to use only clean, renewable energy. Protests have sprung up across Cape Town and the world, calling for climate change to be come to an end for good.

 

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show up & speak up, eat more plants, create less waste, use a re-usable straw, bag, bottle & cup ?? | #climatestrikecapetown #youthclimatestrike #fridaysforfuture #riseforclimate

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? SWIPE FOR STRIKE ROUTE ? Today’s the day – come wind, rain or sun – we unite, in the fight for climate justice! Join us at the corner of Keizergracht and Cambridge Street, Zonnebloem from 12! @350africa @350org @earthchildproject @greenpeaceafrica @greenpopsa @greenpeace_southafrica #AllinforClimateAction #prayforamazonia #youthforclimate #fridaysforfuture #climateaction #climatestrikecapetown #climatejustice

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An incredibly diverse mix of people of all ages and walks of life. We in Cape Town are the southernmost Africans expressing our demand for intercontinental collaboration to ensure a future for all organisms. #climatechange #climatestrike #climatestrikecapetown

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Let’s stand with the future of this country in the fight for climate justice. Well done for your efforts and let’s keep finding more sustainable ways to live, move and eat! #GlobalClimateStrike #ClimateStrikeCapeTown @fridaysforfuture.swe @gretathunberg @swedense

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CAPE TOWN IS EN ROUTE!! Go Global Strikers! Strength in solidarity for climate justice!! . . . #globalstrike #climatestrikecapetown #climateemergencyafrica #youthdemandclimatejustice #allinforclimatejustice #schoolstrike4climate

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We’re getting ready for tomorrow’s #ClimateStrike !!! Don’t forget to meet us at the HBS Office, 8th floor, 33 Church St, at 9.30 tomorrow morning to make some fun posters and shirts! We hope to see you there!!! #ProtectOurPHA ?????????? #FridaysForFuture #PHAforFuture #sustainablesouthafrica #climatestrikecapetown #FuturePHArmers #ProtectPHA #EatYourVeggies

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At the Cape Town #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/pub3pDiX0V

— ?Niall?Rixon? (@The_HeffaLump) September 20, 2019

#UniteBehind members are taking part in the global #ClimateStrike in Cape Town today. pic.twitter.com/B1DEIBAwsu

— UniteBehind (@UniteBehind) September 20, 2019

#ClimateStrike Cape Town pic.twitter.com/d73Z317O9B

— Paul Blom? (@paulblom) September 20, 2019

Picture: Instagram/The Naked Botanist