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Could Climate Strikes Lead to a Global Revolution?
The climate strikes are a sign of a global movement developing
The global climate strike, where millions of people walked out of school or work will go down as a symbolic event. The strike was the biggest climate protest ever. Pictures from the day show there’s a growing movement of people united by the same demand. Governments need to do more to cut emissions to stabilise the climate. It’s unlikely strikes will have the desired effect in realising this demand. What the strikes do represent is a growing movement that could lead to a global revolution.
The climate crisis unites people behind a cause. Differences of race, culture, religion or politics become trivial in the face of the challenge we face as a global community. This is powerful. As the climate crisis develops climate strikes have the potential to galvanise a movement, with more and more people striking demanding action.
Governments are part of the problem, and can’t offer solutions. For the movement to be effective it must start to orientate around empowering people to catalyse change.
Governments won’t do more, because they can’t
We often think of the climate crisis as a problem. It’s not. It’s an effect of one. The problem…
