Above: Photo Pacific Climate Warriors from Vanuatu get ready to Rise.
A statement from #RiseForClimate reports “This weekend people are joining over 820 actions in 91 countries under the banner of Rise for Climate to demonstrate the urgency of the climate crisis. Communities around the world will shine a spotlight on the increasing impacts they are experiencing and demand local action to keep fossil fuels in the ground. There will be hundreds of creative events and actions that challenge fossil fuels and call for a swift and just transition to 100% renewable energy for all.”
People are rising to support urgent action before 2020 to accelerate the rapid phase out of fossil fuels and a just transition to clean and fair energy systems for all. There is no time to lose. Already this year the world has experienced catastrophic heatwaves in North Africa, Europe, Japan, Pakistan, Australia and Argentina; deadly wildfires in Greece, Sweden, the USA and Russia; drought in Kenya and Somalia; major water shortages in Afghanistan and South Africa; extreme storms and flooding in Hawaii, India, Oman and Yemen; record melting of the Bering Sea ice; and the 400th month in the row of above-average global temperatures.
This weekend, Rise for Climate will demonstrate the growing strength and diversity of the climate movement and that people who won’t wait for governments to act, but will lead by example and hold them to account.
Below are Tweets from the first day of actions, building up to tomorrow.
Joined by students from South Point School, Nepal kicks off the #RiseForClimate multiple days of events in South Asia with songs and dance, followed by a march in Kathmandu. @powershiftnp pic.twitter.com/0wLoXROpam
— 350 South Asia (@350SouthAsia) September 7, 2018
Join us at the #RiseForClimate March happening *now* in Battery Park! Because from Detroit to Palestine, water is a human right! #DecolonizetheClimate pic.twitter.com/p9jejnOtEF
— JVP – New York City (@jvpliveNY) September 6, 2018
.@FogoAzulNY gets the crowd pumped at #RiseNY #RiseForClimate pic.twitter.com/dOoeXf7zU0
— Ryan Songalia (@ryansongalia) September 6, 2018
We have taken over Church St in Manhattan because ain’t no power like the power of nature cause the power of nature won’t stop! #RiseNY #RiseForClimate #WhyWeRise pic.twitter.com/TjcUmOzkng
— NY Communities (@nychange) September 6, 2018
check out the pictures of the #RiseForClimate virtual march in the Philippineshttps://t.co/TMr2LjsTd7
— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) September 6, 2018
Worldwide #RiseForClimate Events Kick Off to Demand Action on Crisis of Warming Planet https://t.co/yvgJrRca9J
— Liberal Warriors (@LiberalWarriors) September 7, 2018