Madrid, tens of thousands take to the streets: let Cop 25 save the climate
Environment — di Andrea Barolini
“Now or never.” In Madrid, Fridays for Future activists addressed world leaders directly: “Let Cop 25 be the turning point.”
Madrid, tens of thousands take to the streets: let Cop 25 save the climate
“Now or never.” In Madrid, Fridays for Future activists addressed world leaders directly: “Let Cop 25 be the turning point.”
Protest, hope. But also anger. The march that, on the occasion of the fifth global climate strike, wound through the streets of Madrid, carried with it a range of emotions. The desire to keep believing that it is possible to convince those who hold power — to use the words of Swedish activist Greta Thunberg — to act. Finally, concretely and definitively. But also the urge to shout one's anger at a world that has still not decided to commit sufficiently.
The Madrid crowd: "They are betraying us"
"Those who govern us are betraying us and we no longer want to accept it – Greta declared at the end of the march -. We've had enough. But the path is now set, whether they like it or not, because there is no other choice." The young environmentalist had been forced to leave the demonstration after about an hour, due to the excessive "attention" of journalists and supporters towards her. She then reached the end of the march by car.
Manifestación por el clima, Madrid.
#COP25Madrid #Clima #ClimateChange #ClimateJustice #ClimateActionNow
#COP25Madrid #Clima #ClimateChange #ClimateJustice #ClimateActionNow
On the streets, some marchers carried a coffin, a symbol of a planet at risk of being condemned. Others marched chanting slogans and displaying banners whose words rang out along the entire route: "Without a planet, there is no future", "Capitalism is killing the Earth". And also visions that in some ways stood in contrast to one another: the "Climate, now or never" of the Wwf and the "This conference is a farce", signed by a group of "revolutionary left". And then music, singing, dancing.
At the end of the march, Spanish actor Javier Bardem, who is particularly committed to the climate cause, also took the floor: "We are living one of the most critical moments in our history. And for the first time, we are speaking with one voice," he said. Before pointing the finger at Donald Trump, whom he judged "a fool" for choosing to begin the process of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement.
Fridays for Future youth also receive support from the Dalai Lama
Meanwhile, the march by the young people of Fridays for Future, which had drawn people of all ages starting from Atocha railway station, had reached the end of its route. Fifteen thousand people according to the Spanish police: a figure that appeared conservative to those present on the ground. And far removed from the 500,000 cited by the organisers.
La histórica manifestación por la emergencia climática ha recorrido esta tarde las calles de Madrid , exigiendo medidas para frenar al emergencia climática.
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Más detalles @Guadamegias #MarchaPorElClima #RTVEporelClima6D
Among the many messages of support they received was that of the Dalai Lama, who stated in a tweet: "We cannot exploit the Earth be