Thousands of young people have called for concrete actions of politicians in the face of climate change

Thousands of young people gathered in front of the National Congress to ask politicians for more action on climate change. The teenagers organized in a short time a scenario through which several representatives pbaded with their messages. The clearest and the most powerful: "Be the change, do not just preach it."

The boys, from different parts of the city and the suburbs, carried placards with their messages: "We burn ourselves", "Dinosaurs also thought to have time", "If you breathe air, it's important to you". They showed them to pbaders-by and motorists who accompanied the claim with their horns.

The call was part of the global climate march that they called youth groups and that, according to international organizations, exceeded the 1.4 million participants around the planet.

"They are right to worry. We must change a lot, we must change now, before everything changes. "Inés Camilloni, an Argentinian scientist from the UBA, a climate change expert invited by teens to speak. The expert has listed the number of impacts caused by climate change in Argentina and around the world.

"Those who are tired of getting fed up, we ask them to stop being," said Bruno Rodriguez, 18, of the group "Youth for the climate", regarding the l & # 39; attitude that children should adopt before the complaint, especially the local political clbad. "We want the Paris agreement to be respected, that the minimum laws on the environmental budget are respected, that climate change is starting to appear on the political agendaRodriguez continued: "We are the young people who must lead this fight, it is our future," said the boys from one of the groups of the National College of Buenos Aires.

Some politicians and representatives of environmental environmental NGOs from Argentina also visited the square and expressed their hope by calling: "This youth event today in front of the Congress has exceeded all expectations. It's really impressive to see how they claim a higher climate ambition. This leaves a lot of hope for future generations and it is extremely important to reinforce the demands made for many years by NGOs and civil society, "said Enrique Maurtua Konstantinids, climate change expert at the Foundation for Climate Change. Environment and natural resources (Farn)

The demand of youth was clear all over the world: World leaders must act now to face the climate crisis and save our future. "Governments have not responded adequately to the dramatic challenge of our climate crisis, and our generation, the least responsible for pollution, will have the most devastating impacts of climate change. World leaders lose the opportunity to act, but we will not stand still seeing their inertia"Greta Thunberg, the young Swede who started the move six months ago.

In Europe, hundreds of thousands of students have joined the markets. Only France has gathered 195,000 people in more than 110 cities. In India, more than 15 cities participated in the strikes. In Colombia, about 2,500 people gathered in the streets of Bogotá, while Cape Town informed 2,000 and 1,000 people in Hong Kong.

Despite years of discussion, governments have lost many opportunities to engage in concrete action and the global problem is now at an inevitable level. In this direction, The UN holder, António Guterres, has not only supported the complaint of a minor, but he has made a mea culpa"My generation has not been able to respond adequately to the dramatic challenge of climate change," said the diplomat in an opinion piece published in the newspaper. The Guardian.

According to the United Nations Secretary-General, street students understand something that "seems to elude many of their elders: we are in a race for our lives and we are losing ".

The latest United Nations report on the environment, released Wednesday in Nairobi, estimates that Winter temperatures at the North Pole will likely increase by at least 3 ° C from pre-industrial levels by 2050. And even if global emissions stopped overnight, winter temperatures in the Arctic would continue to rise from 4 ° C to 5 ° C by 2100 compared to the end of the 20th century.

In the coming months, the marches will continue worldwide and the organizers are already planning the next ones. "We know that's the starting point, we have to see how that goes. We still can not believe the call we've had "said Felicitas, 16, who arrived on the spot from Olivos.

In Argentina, calls have also been repeated in other cities such as Rosario, Mar del Plata, Cordoba, San Salvador de Jujuy and Bahía Blanca, among others.

Nicolás Stulberg and Colin Boyle Photos