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“Today marks the sixth global climate strike, organized by Fridays For Future groups around the world. Our main requirement is that all necessary measures be taken to prevent global warming from reaching 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to the pre-industrial period. ”Said Jacob Tvaska, one of the organizers of the campaign.
The participants of the protest action moved from the Cathedral Square of the capital with a stylized black coffin towards the Seimas.
According to J. Tvaska, the imitation of the funeral procession was chosen because politicians are killing the Earth without taking action to combat the climate crisis.
“It seems to us that the actions of states, politicians and companies are killing the planet. We want to show what will happen if we don’t absolutely start to change the way we view the climate crisis, “Tvaska said.
Climate activist Gabija Gorobecaitė told BNS that the campaign meant that “the situation is really drastic.”
“If we do not act now, if we continue to look so indifferently at the climate crisis, we will be doomed,” he said.
The participants of the campaign held up posters with the inscriptions “Let’s change the politics, not the climate”, “Everyone knows, everyone talks, today our land is burning” and others.
The Fridays For Future movement has declared September 25 as World Climate Action Day. Protests are taking place in many countries.
Protesters say the climate crisis was apparently forgotten during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Fridays For Future movement seeks to ensure that the billions in investments to manage the pandemic do not go against the Paris Agreement and guarantee a movement towards a sustainable society.
They claim to be missing a plan that could keep the planet’s warming below 1.5 degrees, and the political response to the pandemic does not take into account the fight against social problems and the climate crisis.
Lithuania, along with other European Union countries, has committed to achieving a climate-neutral economy by 2050.
For this, Lithuania should have 80 percent. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions requires major reforms in the energy, transport, industry and agriculture sectors.
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