Global Youth Protests Urge for Climate Actions

A father with his son attend a global protest on climate change in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Across the globe, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets Friday to demand that leaders tackle climate change in the run-up to a U.N. summit. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Environmental activists, mostly students, display their message in front of "a human globe" formation to coincide with the global protests on climate change Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at the University of Philippines campus in suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

An environmental activist dressed in traditional wear holds a sign as he takes part in the Climate strike protest calling for action on climate change, in Nairobi, Kenya, September 20, 2019.

Young people attend a Climate Strike rally, as Afghan security forces guard them in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. In the Afghan capital, where people are dying every day in horrific bomb attacks, a young generation, worried that if war doesn't kill them climate change will, took part in the global climate strike. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, center, takes part during the Climate Strike, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 in New York. Rallies calling for action on climate change are happening in cities around the world Friday ahead of a summit on the issue.(AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

A woman marches with other thousands during a climate protest in Brussels, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. In Canberra and Kabul, Cape Town and Berlin, and across the globe, hundreds of thousands of people took the streets Friday to demand that leaders tackle climate change in the run-up to a U.N. summit. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Kenyan protesters, predominantly young people, march demanding their government take immediate action against climate change, in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 20, 2019. (M. Yusuf/VOA)

A Japanese activist performs a Butoh dance at a street protest in Dharmsala, India, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

People take part in a protest to call for action on climate change in Sydney, Australia, September 20, 2019.

Protesters rally at the U.S. Capitol as part of the D.C. Climate Strike March to demand action on climate change in Washington, U.S., September 20, 2019

Activists march in a climate change rally in London, Britain, Sept. 20, 2019.