Australian students plan school strikes to protest against climate inaction

Hundreds say they will skip school, urging politicians to treat climate change as an emergencyHundreds of students around the country are preparing to strike from school because of what they say is a failure by politicians to recognise climate change as an emergency.They’ve been inspired by 15-year-old Greta Thunberg, a Swedish student who has been sitting outside the parliament in central Stockholm to draw attention to the fears younger generations hold about the global climate crisis and