Swedish teen environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has joined scores of young students outside the Swedish parliament as part of a global wave of school strikes urging action to tackle climate change.
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One of the banners held by students in Stockholm read: "You can't bribe the climate," adorned with coins and a 20-kronor bill.
The strikes, which were inspired by Thunberg, are planned in more than 2000 cities and towns in 123 countries, organisers said.
She wrote tweeted on Friday: "Latest update say: 2,052 places in 123 countries on all continents, including Antarctica. So, the question is: What will you do on March 15 2019?"
Thunberg also gave television and radio interviews at the protest, saying she felt "very excited" about the day.
"They are not even scraping on the surface, I don't know what they are doing, they are wasting time," Thunberg told a group of reporters of her impressions after meeting leading politicians at venues like the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
"A start would be that they start telling it as it is, and what needs to be done, how much emissions have to be reduced," the 16-year-old added.
Asked if adults should strike too, she replied: "It's up to them, if they want their kids to have a future."
Reflecting on the global protests, she said: "The movement was there before. I just showed a way how to make your voice heard."
Australian Associated Press
