#ClimateStrike: students from around the world take action against climate change

September 20th 2019 will surely be remembered as the day when the world united in one of the largest global climate protests. Thousands of people across Australasia, Asia, Europe, Africa and North America stood together in the fight against climate change. And school and university students were at the core of this protest.

Inspired by the teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg, students and academic staff staged protests outside their university buildings against the ever growing issue of climate change.

And on the whole, universities were supportive of the actions, allowing students time off their lectures and organising one-minute silences, speeches and rallies to add to the cause. 

For the entire day, #ClimateStrike and #ClimateAction were trending on Twitter as many students and universities shared what their institutions were doing to mark the day and highlighted their commitment to becoming more sustainable.  

#ClimateStrike #ClimateMarch #FridaysForFuture

outside the UN university in Tokyo

smiling because of the big turnout pic.twitter.com/9URYAj39HL

— Michael Brown (@Za_Maikeru) September 20, 2019

University of Nottingham - staff and students demand climate action now #climatestrikeuon @uonucu pic.twitter.com/IhQBEUra56

— Howard Stevenson (@hstevenson10) September 20, 2019

#ClimateStrike at Hull University, a good turn out from the students! #ClimateAction #ClimateChange pic.twitter.com/nyhSQIWDXY

— Evie Miller (@ev1e_miller) September 20, 2019

University of Helsinki. Eleven minutes - one minute for each year IPCC says we have left to take radical actions to reduce emissions. pic.twitter.com/rxMMkEJlXE

— Sophia A. (@AgroEcoSym) September 20, 2019

I am attending the #ClimateStrike today in Portsmouth I am missing university to take action.

Now is the time we must sound or voice we have to start making a change to save our home. pic.twitter.com/Ra086VKStX

— Charlotte McIntosh (@fangirlnerdxxx) September 20, 2019

In the light of International event #ClimateAction and #ClimateStrike , students and teachers of Islamia University Bahawalpur in collaboration with PakVoices gathered to raise voice for growing climate change and urged government to take action improve the situation in Pakistan pic.twitter.com/L2zopxIUeP

— PakVoices (@pakvoices) September 20, 2019

Students at RMIT University were offered full marks on part of an environmental design project for attending Friday's climate strike in Melbourne and documenting their participation #climatestrike https://t.co/nnTd3rH0pF

— The Age (@theage) September 20, 2019

"I want to study at a university that walks the talk, and takes the worries of students seriously. In 2030, we will stand here again and we can say we did what we could. And we succeeded." @UU_University , you are named! #climatestrike #FridaysForFuture pic.twitter.com/9dVmyPzoaE

— Sachiko Ishihara (@sachbon) September 20, 2019

University of Mainz (@uni_mainz), Germany, this afternoon. Great to see so many students, profs, technicians, postdocs and their kids participate in today's #ClimateStrike #ScientistsForFuture pic.twitter.com/h4Vy9Vm2ep

— Christoph Grüter (@chris_LeDuck) September 20, 2019

Proud that my university @TheNewSchool in #NYC supports Friday’s #ClimateStrike with @GretaThunberg. I’ll be there.@NSSRNews @LibStudiesNSSR @NewSchoolES #ClimateWeekNYC #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #schoolstrike4climate #ClimateSummit #ClimateCrisis #epistemodyssey pic.twitter.com/gJainLyQQc

— Christopher J Ianos (@cjianos) September 17, 2019

Proud to say that this is my university and my city! #ClimateStrike #ClimateAction https://t.co/2BXXIbNqtD

— emma (@CREWemma) September 20, 2019

Saw this young man doing University of Delhi North Campus. We need more young activists for #ClimateChange Kudos to DU students. @GretaThunberg #FridayForFuture #ClimateStrike #ClimateAction #delhiuniversity pic.twitter.com/OXWkI44slY

— Chandan Ojha (@OjhaChandanojha) September 20, 2019

Read more: Top universities for tackling climate action