Why aren't they doing anything?: Students strike to give climate lesson

This Friday, November 30, thousands of Australian students will go on strike, demanding their politicians start taking serious action on climate change.

Lucie Atkin-Bolton, an 11-year-old student and school
captain at Forest Lodge Public School, wants an end
 to 'coal-sourced energy', and is willing to go on strike for it.CREDIT:

The movement, School Strike 4 Climate Action, has been inspired by a 15-year-old Swedish student, Greta Thunberg, who started boycotting classes before parliamentary elections in her nation on September 9, and continues to skip school every Friday. She also has a particular message for Australia.

Students in each state capital and across 20 regional Australian centres will walk out of their classrooms this week to tell politicians that more of the same climate inaction is not good enough.

Here are some of the lessons they hope to teach.

Read The Sydney Morning Herald story by Peter Hannam - “Why aren't they doing anything?: Students strike to give climate lesson.”

President invites Prince to take Royal climate change message to Paris

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rince Charles is to address world leaders at the UN climate change summit in Paris next month, he has announced, hailing the talks as a "crucial milestone".

Prince Charles - taking the
Royal message to Paris

The two-week summit, which begins on November 30, is supposed to result in a legally-binding global deal to reduce global warming by cutting carbon emissions.

The Prince of Wales, a longstanding campaigner on climate change, has been invited by French President François Hollande to address the summit on the first day, when world leaders have also been invited to attend.

Read The Telegraph story - “Prince Charles to address world leaders at 'crucial' Paris climate change talks.”