FridaysforFuture

Returning to the streets a year into the coronavirus pandemic, youth campaigners are calling for "no more empty promises."

Ravi's arrest "is an unprecedented attack on democracy," said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. "Supporting our farmers is not a crime."

"If only leaders were as good [at] taking real action as they were giving speeches," said Greta Thunberg.

"If we stand back and do nothing, letting global warming prevail, we will lose our identity, and the town we love—as well as many others around the world—will cease to exist as we know it," said the mayor of Salla.

"I'm only here to once again remind you of the emergency we are in. The crisis that you and your predecessors have created and inflicted upon us."

"Our eyes are on you," the group of campaigners said. "The time for lies is over."

"It must be the year we take real action instead of continuing to repeat meaningless words and empty promises."

Fridays for Future founder Greta Thunberg said young people are striking, "in a safe way and following Covid-19 guidelines, to demand those in power treat this like the urgent crisis it is."

"Climate restoration is of utmost importance, since we are in the midst of a climate emergency."

Given estimates that humans are responsible for around 75% of fires, "this means solutions are in our grasp too."