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Thousands took part in VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 Global Climate Strike last week to demand action from world leaders on the climate crisis.

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More than 150 countries across the world took part in the strike, which took place over a week. Students played a key role in the protest of the lack of government action that is threatening their very future. Perhaps not youth played a more prominent role than Greta Thunberg, who delivered a scathing rebuke to world leaders at the United Nations climate summit in New York City.

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Climate Strike Canada has a list of demands that includes: CanadaB次元官网网址檚 recognizing its B次元官网网址渄isproportionate roleB次元官网网址� in the climate crisis. Enshrining the right to a healthy environment in law. Rejecting any new fossil fuel development or transportation projects. And setting B次元官网网址渂oldB次元官网网址� targets to cut greenhouse-gas emissions to just one-quarter of what they were in 2005 by 2030.

CanadaB次元官网网址檚 current goal is to cut them to 70 per cent of 2005 levels by 2030, though Trudeau and May have both promised to exceed that and to make Canada carbon neutral by 2050.

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