In pictures: Global strikers at around 450 locations demand rich countries stoking climate crisis compensate vulnerable nations
"The rains came from the sky but the floods came from the greed in America and your leaders' addiction to oil," says a speaker at New York protests, citing record floods in Pakistan.
Demonstrations were planned in around 450 locations worldwide by the youth movement Fridays for Future. They are timed to coincide with the global leaders meeting in New York City at the UN General Assembly this week. A protester who gave their name as Meta had the same worry in Indonesia: "If Jakarta is flooded, everyone who has money can leave. Where do I go? I will drown here in Jakarta."
Citing the catastrophic flooding in Pakistan that displaced millions of people this year, one speaker told the crowd, "The rains came from the sky but the floods came from the greed in America and your leaders' addiction to oil." Leaders from these countries note the world is already facing climate-fuelled disasters, including deadly floods engulfing large parts of Pakistan, wildfires ravaging Morocco and Canada and record-breaking heatwaves in Britain and India.
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