“Today we are already at 1.1 degrees and we cannot wait until the earth becomes even more warmer. What we want the government to do is to cut all 11 percent emissions, all the more economically developed countries, they have to cut 11 percent right now in order to reduce emissions,” European school student Patricija Marjauskaite said.

BRUSSELS – Thousands of students on Saturday skipped classes and braved the bad weather to join the Global Strike for Future Belgium.

More than 30,000 people of all ages gathered in the main streets of Brussels to protest against climate change, which aims to pressure Belgium to implement a new climate policy along European institutions ahead of the next summit on March 21 and 22…

Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/03/17/19/belgium-students-join-climate-change-protest