Millions Protest in Global Climate Strike

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Millions of young people took to the streets on Friday to protest their governments' inaction on the climate crisis. This is their message.

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00:00We support Earth, and then we are, and then polar bears!

00:05I want Japanese people to think more about the environment on Earth.

00:09We want to have a future, and we want everyone on this planet to have a future.

00:12I want each and everyone to know to change their mindset.

00:16For physicists and the government to understand that we all want change.

00:19Please, a change. A radical change.

00:23I'm here because I believe that this planet is our home, and we have a right to protect our home.

00:28We should be exercising our political right to live in peace and harmony with each other.

00:32And I'm here not just for myself, but I'm here for every other young person around the world

00:37who doesn't have a voice to protect their home.

00:39You see in the news how glaciers are melting, there are places that are already deforesting.

00:45A great and terrible example is the burning of the Amazon.

00:49The consequences of climate change are already here.

00:51If you look at the summer we had, we're talking about the sixth mass extinction.

00:55There is a species that disappears every 20 minutes.

00:57This man-made change does not only affect us, it affects every organism on Earth.

01:03From plants to animals to humans, it affects everyone.

01:07I really don't want to see all this beauty just being destroyed like this.

01:13We don't want Earth to die.

01:16I think environmental issues are going to happen in the future.

01:22We young people will do our best for the children of the future,

01:27so I would like you to take a stand against these issues.

01:32You can have health, you can have education, you can have a family,

01:36but without this planet, we have nothing.

01:38And I don't understand why people don't understand this fact.

01:42It's a fact. We don't have a choice.

01:44We still have a long way to go, but our future is in danger.

01:49So it's only natural that I'm going to take a stand,

01:51and that a lot of young people are going to take a stand,

01:53because we simply want a secure life, not a future in danger.

01:57If young people take a stand, it's wrong for us to stand here and protest.

02:05I really hope that Japan's policies will be more environmentally friendly.

02:11You have the power to do something about it.

02:14You have the power to make laws that protect nature,

02:17laws that prohibit the use of plastic, that prohibit the generation of garbage.

02:22You can make laws to reduce meat consumption.

02:25You have the power to do a lot of things,

02:27and I think you should use it for the common good of all, not just for the good of a few.

02:30I am here to stop climate change, because they want our government to do something about it.

02:35I'm here because I need to tell the government that they need to change their ways,

02:40because climate change is coming, and you need to respect your mother.

02:45I just want the political leaders to tell everybody, to encourage,

02:50to encourage everybody that they should not kill their environment.

02:57Everybody knows that there is a problem,

02:59everybody is asking what climate change is,

03:01everybody knows what's going on, but nobody is doing anything.

03:05We've been protesting for 6 to 8 months,

03:07we've been taking action against civil disobedience,

03:09and there's still nothing.

03:11Big companies continue to pollute,

03:13the government continues to listen,

03:15so we continue, and we will continue until they take measures to the extent of urgency.

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