Staff Reporter :
Around 3,000 students from different schools in Dhaka have raised voice against global climate change.
From a rally, they urged the world leaders to take necessary steps to check the climate change to keep the global bio-diversity friendly environment .
The event was jointly arranged by Save the Children and Green Savers in the city’s Manik Mia Avenue marking the week long ‘Global Climate Strike’ program scheduled to be held across the world from September 20.
General students, including Rover Scouts, Girl Guides and school cabinet members, attended the rally with placards and banners demanding swift actions against climate change.
After the procession, the participants also called upon people to be aware
of the adverse impact of climate change.
While addressing in the procession, Ahsan Rony, President of the Green Saver, declared “climate emergency in Bangladesh” and demanded climate justice from the countries responsible for the climate change.
Greta Thunberg, who is a 16 years old girl, stood outside the Swedish parliament in August 2018 holding a placard that read “School strike of the climate.” Later, Greta started taking the movement on various platforms and named it ‘Friday for Future.”
The movement is currently spreading among the children around the world and even at the policy level of the countries those are at most risk for the climate change.
As part of the global movement, the children gathered at the Manik Mia Avenue holding different kinds of colorful banners, festoons and placards with the slogan “Our world, our future. Plant trees and save the world.”
Around 3,000 students from different schools in Dhaka have raised voice against global climate change.
From a rally, they urged the world leaders to take necessary steps to check the climate change to keep the global bio-diversity friendly environment .
The event was jointly arranged by Save the Children and Green Savers in the city’s Manik Mia Avenue marking the week long ‘Global Climate Strike’ program scheduled to be held across the world from September 20.
General students, including Rover Scouts, Girl Guides and school cabinet members, attended the rally with placards and banners demanding swift actions against climate change.
After the procession, the participants also called upon people to be aware
of the adverse impact of climate change.
While addressing in the procession, Ahsan Rony, President of the Green Saver, declared “climate emergency in Bangladesh” and demanded climate justice from the countries responsible for the climate change.
Greta Thunberg, who is a 16 years old girl, stood outside the Swedish parliament in August 2018 holding a placard that read “School strike of the climate.” Later, Greta started taking the movement on various platforms and named it ‘Friday for Future.”
The movement is currently spreading among the children around the world and even at the policy level of the countries those are at most risk for the climate change.
As part of the global movement, the children gathered at the Manik Mia Avenue holding different kinds of colorful banners, festoons and placards with the slogan “Our world, our future. Plant trees and save the world.”
