KYIV – On Friday, November 29, passers-by near the Cabinet of Ministers building saw a group of about 40 young people with banners, signs and props who were demonstrating to call attention to climate change issues. “Change the system, not the climate,” read one placard. These young Ukrainians are a part of the global movement Fridays for Future, and that day they were protesting together with their peers in 159 countries all over the world.
It was also the day of the fourth Global Climate Strike, a coordinated series of worldwide protests. This time, some 3,500 events occurred on the same day – at least four of them in Ukraine. Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv and Odesa hosted climate strikes to send a message to the authorities.