Climate movement

Banner "System change, not climate change" at Ende Gelände 2017 in Germany

The climate movement is a global social movement focused on pressuring governments and industry to take action (also called "climate action") addressing the causes and impacts of climate change. Environmental non-profit organizations have engaged in significant climate activism since the late 1980s and early 1990s, as they sought to influence the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).[1] Climate activism has become increasingly prominent over time, gaining significant momentum during the 2009 Copenhagen Summit and particularly following the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2016.[2]

Environmental organizations take various actions such as Peoples Climate Marches. A major event was the global climate strike in September 2019 organized by Fridays For Future and Earth Strike.[3] The target was to influence the climate action summit organized by the UN on 23 September.[4] According to the organizers four million people participated in the strike on 20 September.[5] Youth activism and involvement has played an important part in the evolution of the movement after the growth of the Fridays For Future strikes started by Greta Thunberg in 2019.[2] In 2019, Extinction Rebellion organized large protests demanding to "reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2025, and create a citizens' assembly to oversee progress", including blocking roads.[6]

  1. ^ Hadden, Jennifer (2015). Networks in Contention: The Divisive Politics of Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-08958-7.
  2. ^ a b Maher, Julie (26 March 2021). "Fridays For Future: A Look Into A Climate Change Movement". Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  3. ^ Zoe Low, Zoe (18 July 2019). "Asia's young climate activists on joining the worldwide campaign for government action on global warming". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  4. ^ Korte, Kate (10 July 2019). "Elizabeth May holds nonpartisan town hall at UVic for constituents". Martlet Publishing Society. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  5. ^ Conley, Julia (23 September 2019). "4 Million Attend Biggest Climate Protest in History, Organizers Declare 'We're Not Through'". Ecowatch. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Extinction Rebellion: Climate protesters block roads". BBC News. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.