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SAN FRANCISCO – Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets a few days before world leaders travel to San Francisco for a much-anticipated summit on climate action, calling on leaders to take action to resolve the crisis global climate.
By joining cities around the world as part of the "Rise for Climate" movement, more than 1,000 people gathered on Saturday morning at Embarcadero Plaza to call for urgent action to reduce global dependence on fossil fuels and increase green energy. By the time they walked down Market Street towards Civic Center – striking drums, playing instruments, brandishing colorful signs and burning incense and sage – the crowd was 30,000 strong. According to the organizers, it was probably the largest gathering of climate on the west coast.
"We are sending a message to elected officials and business leaders gathered for the summit next week: we need equitable, community-driven solutions and not profit-driven approaches that allow big polluters to buy and sell our products. right to clean air and a stable climate, "said Miya Yoshitani, executive director of the Asia Pacific Environmental Network.
Climate change has become a controversial topic in recent years under the presidency of a president who denied his existence. Many environmental activists, politicians and leaders have redoubled their efforts to raise awareness of this issue, even as the Trump administration is striving to thwart conservation efforts.
President Trump did not publicly comment on rallies on Saturday. But his efforts to roll back environmental regulations and expand oil drilling off the California coast made Saturday's emergency at the event and at least one sign represented a globe topped by the long hairy hairs of the President. climate change."
Aya de Leon, a resident of Berkeley, said she had protested to send a message to elected officials and desperate people about whether anything could be done to stop global warming that is causing extreme storms, droughts and sea level rise in the world.
"Every time people come together like this, it reminds us how powerful we really are," de Leon said.
The San Francisco rally, hosted by the 350 Bay Area, arrived a few days before thousands of world leaders, environmentalists, celebrities, activists and researchers arrived in San Francisco for a global climate summit on September 12-14. Brown.
The summit aims to encourage cities, states, provinces, countries and companies to increase their commitments to reduce the use of fossil fuels, increase renewable energies and take others. measures to slow climate change.
On Saturday, indigenous and aboriginal groups around the world – determined to preserve their lands and the world's natural resources – proudly showed themselves at the head of the march to the Civic Center, where there was music, music, music, music, and music. art and a fair of resources. .
Speakers included Mirian Cisneros, president of the Kichwa people of Sarayaku, in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Cisneros was brought to the event by Amazon Watch, a nonprofit organization.
"I come from the living forest," Cisneros said through an interpreter. "I also come from a people who have fought for years and years against the threat of oil drilling. I am here in this great march with brothers and sisters from all over the planet because we understand that we have to leave fossil fuels in the Amazon rainforest and elsewhere.
Desiree Adams, of Antioch, who is Navajo, said it was sacred that we "recognize that we are still part of this earth".
"Very few of us will come forward and let people know that we are still here," she said.
Similar events took place in the United States and beyond Saturday, from Brazil to Nigeria, Turkey and India.
Next week, the three-day climate summit is expected to welcome more than 4,000 delegates from six continents.
