Students worldwide are skipping class Friday to take to the streets to protest their governments’ failure to take sufficient action against global warming. Since then, the weekly protests have snowballed from a handful of cities to hundreds, driven by social media-savvy students and dramatic headlines about the impact of climate change. Some politicians have criticized the students, suggesting they should be spending their time in school, not on the streets. Yet at present, the world is on track for an increase of 4 degrees Celsius, which experts say would have far-reaching consequences for life on the planet. That conversation is likely to get louder, with several U.S. presidential hopefuls planning to campaign on climate change.

Source: National Post March 15, 2019 04:07 UTC