Following in the footsteps of Swedish youth climate activist Greta Thunberg, local youth held a climate strike in Victoria Friday.

Victoria Youth Climate Strike met with Mayor today to discuss solutions to climate change before marching down to the legislature to strike for climate action.

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The 16-year-old from Sweden became well-known for starting the first school strike for climate outside the Swedish parliament building in August 2018, raising awareness of global warming.

Thunberg inspired a movement, with more than 20,000 students subsequently holding strikes in at least 270 cities around the globe, with FridayB次元官网网址檚 strike in Victoria being the latest.

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The Victoria youth met with Mayor Lisa Helps to discuss solutions to the climate crisis, before marching down to the legislature to begin the strike.

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The group said they are striking to demand a future and to tell governments that they need to do more to combat climate change.

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The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report in October which outlines the drastic measures needed to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 C B次元官网网址� the rate that will substantially reduce the risks and effects of climate change.

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The youth strike in Victoria hoped the government could hear their calls to divest from fossil fuels and their chants of, B次元官网网址淥ur future is being stolen. WeB次元官网网址檙e here to take it back.B次元官网网址�