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Hundreds of thousands of people in 99 states took part in coordinated global protests calling for urgent action to address the ecological crisis.
Friday's protests, the world's first climate action since the pandemic began, are taking place weeks before the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland.
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In Germany, two days before the country's general election, Greta Thunberg told a crowd of more than 100,000 people that "no political party" was doing enough.
The Swedish activist, her only protest in 2018 inspired the global movement Fridays for Future, told supporters they needed to put pressure on Germany's political leaders on election day.
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Organizers of the global protest said there were protests in more than 1,800 towns and cities around the world in Europe, Africa and North and South America.
Earlier this year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said global carbon emissions should be halved by 2030 to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
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There have been some positive moves in recent days. China has said it will end funding for polluting coal-fired power plants abroad - though not domestically - while the US has doubled its climate funding for vulnerable countries.
Sources: Guardian, Reuters
