what achievements al-jazeera wells meets the algerian entrepreneur. who helped pioneer computing in the arabic language and theater gyptian islamic scholar honored for his contribution to arab culture both building successful lives abroad but never think getting their roots arabs abroad the translator and the innovator on al-jazeera. climate change is an existential threat to life on. the world health organization predicts that in 30 years it will be directly responsible for the deaths of over $250000.00 people each year. many fewer governments are failing to respond

and it's unlikely that the paris agreement targets of keeping the global temperature rise below 2 degrees centigrade will be maps. but to time and pressure groups believe change is possible they're seeking to push urgent environmental action to the top of the political agenda. and these movements gathering momentum. i'm the outdoor and you are workers are dying activists pushing for a radical shift in government policy in order to avert a crime occurred and i know from the carbon in the u.k. and i've come to 'd move known as extinction with these members believe that the only route to environmental change is for a people's rights. fearful for the planet their own heritage young people around the world are standing up and demanding a better future in. the u.s.

a growing and passionate group of youth is campaigning for urgent environmental action and the forcing the adults to listen to. what hockey don't even have enough. money. this is the sunrise movement. and speech just cheers this group of activists most of whom are under 30 has grown 210-0000 members on but. not with them on. their strategy is clear to hot climate change by working within the system and lobbying politicians into pushing through legislative and economic briefing. i've come to boston to find out how to summarize movement has become a force to be reckoned with in u.s. politics. leading the charge is 26 year old partially percussion. while studying in massachusetts she joined the university's fossil fuel divestment campaign before co-founding sunrise in 2015. so you've been with the sunrise

movement from the very beginning what made you started a number of us young people all under the age of 30 were saying that the hurricanes were getting bigger the fire seasons were getting longer and the floods were getting bigger but there wasn't a movement big enough for young people to win sure that we had a habitable planet for our future generations q talk more about why you feel you need to actually write now so scientists are telling us right now that we have just 12 years to make unprecedented changes to transform every part of our economy and our society today carbonized to get off fossil fuels to invest in renewable bowls and to protect life and human civilization on this planet as we know it and yet our politicians have not done what's necessary they have not built and garnered the political will that we need. people are dying as

a result. but the heart of this in our strategy is the green new deal. a radical environmental change policy the idea for which was conceived in the u.s. in the 1960 s. . the deals goal is to completely transform the u.s. economy by ending its dependency on fossil fuels investing instead in renewable energy and creating jobs in the process. the green new deal is massive economic mobilization at a scale that we have not seen in this country since world war 2 that is an effort to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs. i'm curious to find out whether real political change is possible with people power alone particularly by those so young. i've come to the sunrise boston. there are 204 hubs like this spread across the nation. here every month 60 sunrise

members gather to share experiences and get behind the cause. welcome your 2nd husband. i. mean i get in the way. there. every day. that. i get that was. that. the hubs give people of all backgrounds and opportunities to come together and voice their concerns every single person who decided to come to the scene and say is a part of this movement as a part of this greater moment in history these are young people need to be heard it's precisely with us and routines by rote. and they want to take positive steps to fix the world we live in brazil has and the folks who actually live in 1st hand. the hub

splits into breakout groups where they plan their next actions what do we think will actually make high schoolers and listen we just both like a green background with the words like bring new deal and put a link in our body or something i don't interact so feel free to ignore me dear friends in high school care about climate change alliance of people i know know that climate change is an issue there that's not to be the debate is how willing they are to get in i think a lot of young people don't feel like they have the power at all to make any change if we actually come together which totally can change so many things i thought i was coming into a meeting and it's really a lot more than that there is energy. during gauge so you feel the sense of urgency it's not just 6 days reality for them this is their abuser and you can feel like they're. so for all their passion how effective

a son has actually been. partially as inviting me to her to show the impacts on rice's had in the top tiers of power. so this was from our 1st action at nancy pelosi office in washington d.c. and as you can see there's literally hundreds of young people lining up the halls and they're carrying signs that say what is your plan our ultimate goal was to share our vision of what the green new deal is all about looking at this or seems to be a sort of plan of action right there's a there's a style that sunrise is using to achieve your goals we're really trying to embody the fact that we are young people fighting for our future and we wanted to be joyous and we wanted to be rockets and we wanted to be serious and we wanted to be determined and resolved. summary say that older generations chronic inactivity on

environmental issues is inexcusable. the united states will see all implementation of the non-binding paris accord the current republican government refuses to even acknowledge there is a problem so sunrise believe they must act to make change happen it is a lie that can stop here right now and they are being heard the green generation has risen a growing number of democrat senators now support the green new deal and sunrise have found influential political allies in socially conscious representatives like alexandria ocasio cortez this is right before representative of causing cortez unprecedentedly joined us on her 1st day of orientation as the new congresswoman to say that we have nancy pelosi in the democratic party's back in pushing for the most progressive and ambitious energy agenda this country has ever seen this about

you know the stuff here and this stuff back here for you me that you are you know that yet. but firm opposition to the green new deal remains on the 26th of march 2019 a draft of the deal was unanimously rejected by the republican controlled senate how did you feel when the resolution got in town in the senate the goal of the resolution is for it to be a statement of values to chart a blueprint to lay out the projects of what would be included within the green deal we need an attitude shift we need to put into gear and into momentum these big ideas so that we can write the policy over the next year and get these things to pass. sunrise aim to create momentum for their cause by directly lobbying political leaders. higher down. shawn and his team plan to doorstep andrea campbell

the president of boston city council so the goal today is going to decide to go fossil fuel body which got it later down the road will work with her a nice several other cultures to craft a resolution for a green new deal that's going to pass the city council. that's the way it's going. the 1st step for the group is to encourage politicians to sign a pledge promising that they will refuse money from possible companies who want them to act in their interests. over $1400.00 politicians have signed so far. as we approach the council president's office i'm struck by this group's confidence they walk straight in. just to meet you and your shadow nice to meet you can't we're here to ask you if you could sign the no fossil fuel money pledge absolutely i mean i will say before i even you know sign this thank you for your advocacy. work this stuff doesn't happen by accident if people aren't showing up so

happy to participate happy to do this i just want to think. so it's not just a movement where they're going to confronting a lot of hostility they're actually getting support and encouragement and warmth really from politicians. i think we lead by example and i know i do and so by saying let's do this signing on and committing we hope that others will follow our lead it's impressive to see these young people having genuine success in the halls of power having meetings like this is really refreshing because it shows that we do have allies out there that we can be working within the system to promote change that we want to see in the world and this job if you look at. the sunrise movement is clearly influential and it's getting results where it matters most. their ultimate goal is to convince the majority of congressmen and women to sponsor the green new deal. so when the next government is elected into. 20 the bill has the

weight of support to make it policy the summer's movement is asking for a lot and they're asking for it quickly critics say they're too idealistic but for a problem as massive as climate change we do need ambitious radical solutions now. was today's environmentalists cite risings of the past as proof that incredible social change really is possible. in 1000 eyestrain britain the suffragettes campaign for women to have the right to vote with a rallying cry of deeds not words they often resort to extreme acts. at some racecourse family davidson even gave her life for the course. these tactics worked in 1020 eight's women won equal voting rights in britain 35 years later in america the civil rights movement to end racial segregation martin luther king led the

peaceful protests. foreign. weapon available growing to the freedom and human dignity. by 968 after a decade of campaigning african-american secured legal rights to equal employment voting and housing. by analyzing possible resistance movements political scientist anyway identified a threshold for success if 3 and a half percent of the population mobilize against the establishment social change will happen. force many of us need to look for us to change the way we treat all and there is one group which is taking things to the next level. in october 28th the group of activists angered by political inaction. climate change declared themselves to be

an open defiance of the if you take government they call themselves extinction rebellious x. off the shore they're in the right manner i really think management pretty much like they walk outside the system engaging in bold nonviolent acts of civil disobedience it's best to create headline grabbing protests designed to maximize public exposure they believe this will gain them amassed from the ring and for real change in just 6 months they have already expanded into 15 countries spread across 4 continents. i'm at the london headquarters on the day of one of their most extreme actions yet. in a protest day a cooling of all children exoplanets till 500 liters of fake blood on downing street the office and the president of the british prime minister. had i been his

very nice me one of exiles co-founders. went to the idea of the blood of our children. we were already suffering a genocide because of. the impacts of pollution so we're trying with this action to get people to understand that it's that it kills people and that it kills people now it's already killing people it's not like something ahead in the future. and. that's why the whole of the as we make our way to downing street i want to know why they're compelled to confront the political establishment in such a drastic way. we think it's important that our actions directed at government because it's only i think a study led internationally that's going to make a meaningful change to the situation when so we're trying to represent the kind of visceral reality of death and so. suffering which climate change is already started

to cause around the world in which it will close in the future. the precession is designed to feel like a funeral march it comes to a stop and the crowd full silent. this is the part of the morning children of your children and our young people here today. making a profound statement just a stone's throw from the prime minister's office. we need to take action we don't have much time left. please don't let this be the law that. i'm struck by the rule emotion on display what is the political change the extinction rebellion want to see. what do you want to achieve by all of this we do

have 3 main demands the 1st one is so for the government to tell the truth to help to communicate the crisis to the public the 2nd demand is to reduce carbon emissions to net 0 by 25 and then the 3rd demand which i think is the main prize is to achieve structural political change in the form of a citizens' assembly ordinary people who are educated on the facts and then come together to talk about what might be the best route forward do you think it's achievable. i think it's necessary. want to become impossible to ignore so its members are planning the biggest protest yet they hope to bring london to a standstill with a 2 week human blockade of the city's streets at. one of the chief coordinator is of the shutdown maxie what we're doing with the rebellion is having a. because of the level of disruption that could bring about you know the

government to me are demands do you think that you are risk of almost alienating yourself by crossing over into that legal category look there's a common crisis there's an ecological crisis we're here to stop this it's existence to threat we face we're non-buoyant the maintaining respect putting ourselves on the lines we're still risking our liberty the plan is to block the streets of the u.k.'s capital with people chain knock and even glue themselves to structures and one another these actions are deliberately planned to create maximum disruption and cause arrests just in stein trains members on how to deal with the police in a nonviolent way can only have activist is willing to rest carried off is. willing to go. in not an easy members are trained to go limp as soon as their touched all right let's take

a we're going to we're going to arrest. so we take as many as 5 police officers to remove a single activist by maximizing the number of a riced exile believe they can create public and a groundswell of support. for extinction balance the only way forward this is the only way they believe things are going to preserve civil disobedience and these kinds of actions. 15th of april 2019 and it's the morning of the london shutdown the organizers are expecting thousands of protesters they plan to block london's main streets and bridges for 2 weeks bringing the city to a grinding halt but i'm meeting claire as she prepares for what could be the biggest demonstration in x. hours history. thank. a feeling hopeful i'm feeling hopeful that we're going to have. more input and more people are going to understand the message and the and

the seriousness of it the reason why we have to do this is because it is this but we do feel this afraid of our future don't know what else to. loot. the extinction rebellions target is the government but the people who will be hit hardest today are the everyday commuters as they try to get to work. there's potential then that all of this could be disrupted and people might not be able to get to where they go exhibit actions as a cause and how is that just i read a story that we don't really want to do this but we also don't want to. pass on the . unlivable climate to the next generation. we're either oxford circus at 8 30 am and only a handful of activists are here oh. we quickly get a taste of where public favor might like. look. i'm not

quite sure how the group succeeded in blocking the very heart of london what's the plan here because at the moment the road isn't occupy it's there's nothing on it so what's going to happen groups of people are going to close their eyes and then something should be arriving. out of the blue reinforcements right was. something i didn't expect. so this isn't about you village people or people but it's just in the middle of october. and. hundreds of activists crowded around the boat on the london shutdown has become. and. in a matter of hours 10000 supporters descend. pond 5 sites across the capital oxford

circus parliament square marble arch piccadilly circus and mostly bridge manned by not just his team. they have blocks the entire structure framed with trees a music stage counts and a human bone and a sentence. beyond that and i've managed to find none who started snakes and peace activists right so and you know i'm just watching them go boy i know what's been happening i was just going to monitor in the place as numbers have increased slightly and that's some point they're going to be under pressure to clear the bridge i mean what we've got to try and do is get numbers to build the question is how much disruption will the government force us to create until they do the right thing and meet the demands and stop trying to keep the sites i know willing to lose their liberty for it and get arrested if people are willing to sacrifice their liberty it sends a message to the public to the media and to the good of the politicians that this is a serious issue house were demonstrations are escalating as protesters target the knowledge

is toil and gas company. shall just run down to a site western rebels have superglued themselves and look themself up outside shell age. back thank god. i'm an indian efforts and one of the knee demonstrators here tell me a little bit about why you have showers knowing about the problems of climate change for over 30 years and they are one of the biggest emitters of coffee in the world it'll like these acts of criminal damage of the catalyst for the police to make the 1st arrests. it's a hard sell accountable for the atrocities of humankind and one notch well. we've just seen to extinction rebellion revellers been taken away by thieves i know sweet secure betty and getting exactly what they're up to. 8 hours after the shutdown began. police take action. citing section 14 of the public order act which

forbids obstruction of the highway. more than 1000 arrests and $30000.00 new recruits later and with court across $33.00 countries the u.k. government finally agrees to meet tax are. on the 1st of may 21000 the house of commons makes history becoming the 1st national parliament in the world to combat climate ecological emergency. climate change activism stretches back 50 years. april 22nd 1700 so the launch of day. $20000000.00 americans took to the streets in the modern environmental movement was born in the eighty's greenpeace took matters into their own hands heading to the seas to battle the commercial dumping of toxic waste

nuclear testing and whale hunting today the movement has a new figureheads in teenager gretta to the owner generations have failed tackling the biggest crisis to manage yet the face by going on school strike she inspired 1400000 students and 112 countries to join her in a global walkout the message has been clear for 50 years but today the voices are louder and more insistent and. the cry change must happen now. the heroes of europe asia africa the middle east oceania. makes mistakes peak for the us becoming. the.

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