Teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg has given her support to climate strike protestors in Bangor who took to the streets again today, Friday 25 October, in protest against the government’s inaction on climate change.

 

Seeing a post on Twitter about the protest march in Bangor, Thunberg liked and re-tweeted the post to her 2.9 million followers and began following the group called ‘Bangor Climate Strike’ – which represents all ages in Bangor demanding urgent action on climate change.

Thunberg, 16, first became known for her activism in August 2018 when, at age 15, she began spending her school days outside the Swedish parliament to call for stronger action on global warming by holding up a sign saying (in Swedish) “School strike for climate”.

This inspired other students who soon engaged in similar protests in their own communities. After Thunberg addressed the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, student strikes took place every week somewhere in the world. In 2019, there were at least two coordinated multi-city protests involving over one million students each.

The Bangor protest followed a global day of action on 20 September when adults joined youth, taking part in protests all over the world.

The protestors marched from the Main University Building on College Road, to Bangor High Street and finished next to the Bangor War Memorial.

Main Photo: Greta Thunberg Twitter