How Europe kicked off #ClimateStrike

Across the continent throughout the day we witnessed the largest ever climate mobilisation unfold.

The attendance numbers are still being tallied – but we’re well into millions by now. It’s incredible. School kids led the way – and adults showed up to help.

But the beauty of today goes far beyond the number of people who took to the streets.

It’s about the feeling of power, of solidarity, of togetherness. It’s about our ability to stand together as people, across divides and borders. It’s about making a choice and about choosing what is right.

It’s about being brave, and bold, and about not being afraid to stand up for each other and challenge the status quo.

And it’s only just beginning.

This. Is. It.

And it’s just the beginning.#ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/EiqjljRD3v

— 350.org Europe (@350Europe) September 20, 2019

The strikes will continue throughout the week to culminate next Friday, on the 27 September. There’s much more to come. But today was special: it showed all of us that we can be brave. We can be hopeful. We can claim the power to shift the world.

See how it happened, in highlights, and keep following the global live coverage throughout the week.

#ClimateStrike THREAD: What can we say? It’s been a spectacular day of strikes in Europe & across the world. More than three million people – yep, you read that right: 3,000,000 people – have already taken to the streets to demand #climatejustice.

Photo: Shadia Fayne Wood pic.twitter.com/r7Wfvg7XGj

— 350.org Europe (@350Europe) September 20, 2019

Austria:

So much joy #ClimateStrike Woerdern, Austria 🇦🇹 pic.twitter.com/BtusGuQaTn

— 350 dot org (@350) September 20, 2019

Belgium:

This non-stop for over an hour. Brussels marches. #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/AUP7ntRwQb

— Niel Staes (@NielStaes) September 20, 2019

Czechia:

Prague, Czechia.#ClimateStrike https://t.co/yEG7Y9Wkmb

— 350.org Europe (@350Europe) September 20, 2019

Cyprus:

HappeningNow #ClimateStrike η ώρα είναι τώρα! Climate Strike in Nicosia Climate Protest People’s Climate March (Cyprus Event) Παγκόσμια δράση για το κλίμα @fyeg @europeangreens pic.twitter.com/fCQsaOq9u3

— Efi Xanthou (@efixanthou) September 20, 2019

France:

The Paris strikes are fierce & powerful ✊✊✊ #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/5OWnbCd6ZX

— 350.org Europe (@350Europe) September 20, 2019

Germany:

#FridaysForFuture #klimastreik pic.twitter.com/rTDjglFoMV

— David Croyé (@DavidCroye) September 20, 2019

Ireland:

A view through the crowds… #ClimateStrike protestors gathered at Merrion Square, Dublin #FridaysForFuture pic.twitter.com/vKIfJGra4B

— Philip Bromwell (@philipbromwell) September 20, 2019

Latvia:

Šodien arī Rīgā klimata aktīvisti pulcējas akcijā «Gājiens nākotnei» https://t.co/xfFEMJL4pp pic.twitter.com/uKPZyDKuR6

— LSM ziņu portāls (@lsmlv) September 20, 2019

Luxembourg:

#Luxembourg students are mobilised today for #Strike4Climate 👏🇱🇺
Live on our website @Wort_FR ➡ https://t.co/2eK3ivzsN5 @CityLuxembourg #ClimateStrike #ClimateChange pic.twitter.com/Dko2Ug0hQ6

— Sophie Wiessler (@SophieWiessler) September 20, 2019

Poland:

#GlobalClimateStrikes from my classroom window in Warsaw. 🇵🇱 🌍 pic.twitter.com/VRUurSC308

— Mr Raitt (@Mr_Raitt) September 20, 2019

Romania:

#GlobalClimateStrike #Bucharest in front of the Romanian Ministry of Environment.#FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike #Klimastreik#AlleFuersKlima pic.twitter.com/os1rvzsWqc

— Henrik Fisser (@fisserhenrik) September 20, 2019

Slovakia:

Students,school children,teachers and scientists from the Comenius University and the Technical University in Bratislava as well #Slovak Academy of Sciences are expressing their support for the Global #ClimateStrike in the Freedom Square in #Bratislava pic.twitter.com/SmAQtN2JSG

— Radio Slovakia Int. (@RSI_English) September 20, 2019

United Kingdom:

London#ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/bwaFdSxcdi

— 350.org Europe (@350Europe) September 20, 2019