Thousands rally for climate demonstration in Stockholm
Arrangers of the climate demonstration said 60,000 people had joined the Fridays for Future march in Stockholm, Friday, with pop star Robyn singing to the masses.
Radio Sweden was there.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: Inuit group and NGOs renew calls for Arctic heavy fuel oil ban, CBC News
Finland: Finnish youth on strike for climate action, Yle News
Monaco: Sea level rise to provoke ‘profound governance challenges’ & ‘difficult social choices’ says UN climate report, Eye on the Arctic
Norway: Emissions dropping in EU, but not in Norway, The Independent Barents Observer
Russia: Climate change threatens security and industry, Russian PM says, The Independent Barents Observer
United Kingdom: Documentary will show climate change through eyes of pioneering scientist, Cryopolitics Blog
United States: Heat stress that caused Alaska salmon deaths a sign of things to come, scientist warns, CBC News
Like many Americans I am a mutt, but I have never been so proud of my half Swede heritage as the last couple years. Greta Thunberg spends a good deal of time blasting her elders for inaction, while for this 68 1/2 year-old she is my hero. My auto-correct just tried to change her name to ‘Thunderer’. I like that…
it has the ring of the Old Gods. I don’t think she’d mind!
It’s good to finally see coverage of the Stockholm demonstrations! Thousands of kids marched here… supplemented by a few old fools like me. She seems to be in the neighboring Dakotas…talking to the Dakota/Lakota people, which is WONDERFUL, but I hope she comes this way.
Missoula, Montana