go fishing areas friendships things to come by most people understood design as a way of shaping society. me part documentary starts november 14th on w. . i. realize. yes we want to survive on this planet if we don't say that now it will be too late is the space for over a year young people the world over have been organizing school strikes demanding immediate action to stop climate change reza tune back the star of the movement sailed across the atlantic to take her message to the u.s. but not everyone's on board i'm sorry in my opinion they should strike at the

weekend but during school hours. in europe the young activists spent their summer vacation building networks discussing in formulating their shared values and core demands. 16 year old funk ahem bliss from berlin has been active in the fridays for a future movement for 6 months school's out for the summer but she's been up since 6 o'clock. yes. let's cut her friend a meal are heading to dortmund in western germany to take part in a fridays for a future summer congress. they met on a strike. if anything.

they're on their way to the station like all the young environmental activists in the movement they make a point of never flying and only travel by bus or by train. throughout the summer climate camps are taking place all over europe including in poland the czech republic italy and germany. 1400 activists are attending the congress in dortmund. they start the day with a quick breakfast they're on a tight schedule the 1st panels and workshops are kicking off at 9 am sharp. as i'm not talking about how to ask if she could help but she disappeared. well i'm not helping i don't want to porridge. there are now $600.00 local chapters of friday's for future in germany they're connected on social media for the dortmund summit is the 1st time they've all come together and met in person. it's been an

organizational feat. but it was over months or supporters are going to make it it's a very we've made a big effort to be as professional as possible i think we're doing very well we all have bracelets we've set everything up. made sure that everyone knows what their job is and that they do it properly ma. says it's sometimes i'm just. that's just a person who's of course a man i don't know what it's like at a professional congress but i feel we've achieved a level of professionalism that's actually very impressive. by and focused on so i mean. the congress is also about. building networks. has met 16 year old lane of from switzerland.

the organizers have invited christoph schmidt to take part in a panel about carbon tax the chairman of the german council of economic experts he advises the german government on carbon pricing. and it's a misconception you have just read that it was $22.00 degrees celsius in greenland yesterday and within just 24 hours 12000000 tonnes of ice melted we want to know what we can do to stop this happening to prevent temperatures from continuing to rise. and a carbon tax is one proposal that comes up again and again. as you said people are miserly and that's why pricing works you could put it like this there's some things free it's not worth anything that was fair is used as a free dumping ground for carbon emissions there's no global cost applied to this and that's why it's overused. believes that carbon pricing would make the german

government stick to its climate targets. but with the general public accept it. friday's for future is calling on the government to introduce a 180 year old tax on each metric ton of c o 2 in europe per capita c o 2 emissions are $8.00 tonnes a year so everyone would have to pay $1512.00 euros in carbon tax schmidt says that's too much. the maximum tax the public would accept would be 40 euros per tonne. and people would also need incentives if they make environmentally friendly choices such as not driving or not flying for example they could claim a reimbursement that the main issue schmidt says is raising awareness. see this will do a lot of the statistics floating around are made up so it's important that the issues in the background are properly understood to. the students want solutions that work and they want them now. they ask

a lot of questions lina is interested in the international context you. can mandate so it's what is the best way of moving ahead locally with a carbon tax obviously every country has to agree on it it's no use doing nothing just sitting tight and waiting to see what other countries do to test i must give nations if you we would already be doing a lot if we achieve the targets agreed within the e.u. that would be an important step if europe china and the u.s. were all on board by 2030 years huge step so we can't force you to act it's not for us to persuade them that it's worth it. it's. the stuff can they just what other countries do is not the issue switzerland germany whatever have a responsibility that's. saying i'll only do it if you do it it's just childish of us must do this and fast in this and sent us. other countries are always being used

as an excuse for any of this will only do it if you do it attitude gets us nowhere if that's what all countries do then all that happens is what's happening now nothing lifts the fridays for future activists refused to compromise in their demands so far the movement has been a loose collection of disparate groups the head of the summer congress 18 year old jaco blasdell founded the organization organize future which manages the events budget of $200000.00 euros made up of participant contributions and donations. as all income no individual can be liable for the vent involving $1400.00 people but if i end up with physical we found an association so we could take out liability insurance let's go bankrupt it allows us to sign proper contracts. for the global climate strike in may we were at the movement within survive the summer in germany malevolent activities all those worries were invalid but we felt we had

to do something something exciting. that would unify the movement and raise its profile in the media. we decided to organize congress the brought everyone together and demonstrate the combined force of the movement by the poet is a very good orator. 2 the fridays for future movement is active in over 100 countries. it's also expanded into eastern european countries. 2 and poland around $700.00 young activists are taking part in a summer camp halfway between post and warsaw. that i was. this is the competition. all the organizations and movements that i hear from them just a short space of time are going south to your office. of compassion we've got extinction rebellion which never exist all over europe what it was they came with

it literally a school strike which i belong to and for future poland and these guys so i would come for climate action arguments the event yesterday i was lucky not to know today is it's how it's over that way again. 17 year old antonio vision esky michelle goes to school in warsaw he's been organizing the school strikes in the polish capital for nearly a year and poland the issue of climate change doesn't get much attention. i did juggle for you at school. i learnt a bit about the climate i would works and how it's changing. there's not much discussion and the polish media. also did french at school and i read articles in french in english and in spanish. i only learnt about the terrible state of the climate from the foreign media. that. poland's populist right

wing government only recently knowledge that human activity is a key driver of climate change. only 15 members of the polish chapter of friday's for future are attending the camp many are put off by the fact the event is being closely monitored by police. she told the friend the rest of the. status that i was on early morning juicy and it was really funny business the best time because the cops come along and 5 as though. they look to the left to the right and drive past you in this really the monstrous of way. the place is crawling with them 'd. and i know what we're going to do tomorrow. it's going to be hard to miss the museum much of a chest. the activists are planning a protest tomorrow the demonstration has been officially registered with the authorities but another secret protest is also scheduled. cameras aren't

allowed at this meeting. the police are out in full force on the. testers start gathering the next day. i'm going to focus on that they're heading for the town of coney an hour's drive away it's close to an open pit lignite mine. that was at the back of their fellow there's lots of coal mining in poland. this here is the worst kind. of mining. it's highly toxic. and the problem is that many mines in poland i do love to take it and i'm it's a lot of pollutants over there is the mind. 84 percent of

poland's electricity comes from fossil fuels such as cold and late night and just 14 percent from renewable energies in comparison 50 percent of electricity in germany is generated from fossil fuels 33 percent from renewable energies and 12 percent from nuclear power in france only 10 percent is derived from fossil fuels 18 percent from renewable energies and 72 percent from nuclear energy. there's got to thousands of very good oh oh oh oh i just got to that i'm going to blow that is go after that south bank of 00000200 activists are taking part in the demonstration near conan. many reporters are also here. but tony and his friends with friday's for future are among the protesters. the

police don't intervene. guns and that yeah well. that bad out. i'm going to. yeah. yes. i thought it. was the protesters approach the mine the tensions rise. the police are worried that the activists will try to break through the police barrier. of the striking of the chief read this for future problems that none of the ground rules for friday's for future in poland is that all our activities are legal. if this was even in terms of civil disobedience we stick to what's legal. we believe that way we'll have the biggest reach and the best chances of actually changing things in poland yes this is this. whole movement shares this

principle that there's. it's how much we don't break the rules. on the surface of. their official demonstration stops outside the mine. on the other side the illegal one organized by the camp for climate action and extinction rebellion breaks through the police lines. in poland and elsewhere the activists are far from sure that they can really bring about change. a lot of missing is a move away you feel powerless but when you look over there and see how many people have gathered then you realize we might be in with a chance it's the elections it's we're trying to get that number it all these great people have come together but of course when you look at this vast area of protests can feel in significance what's astounding is absolute bullshit on that.

back in dortmund it's friday strike day. the 1400 activists who come to dortmund from all over germany. have divided up into groups. they don't want to disrupt public transport. i. i. was. i the german wing of the movement has very specific demands the activists want germany to phase out coal by 2030 and to have made a 100 percent switch to renewable energy by 2035 i think it's a i. do not i want to start by saying i'm here even though it's school

holidays and to be honest i wouldn't mind taking a vacation. but we can't afford to waste time even though the politicians have all taken vacations. why was that. i was i do. if the demonstrations had been held on saturdays or sundays no one would have paid them any attention there would have just been a bunch of kids demonstrating in germany or wherever and no t.v. station would have bothered reporting it. because they're missing school people are paying attention that's how it works that's on the border ok this is a lot i was. but. i.

as soon as the demonstrations over laina and john luka head to the station. dana is spending the summer into railing from one climate camp to another. the next is in lozano. lane helped organize it. and so do you know about the school strikes he's at school. so are we i don't live there on fridays aren't they i'm not against them but in my opinion the strike should be held at the weekend and not during school hours schools are important in this case this is. the stuff that's inside that. school is used as leverage against us we're striking to demand something be done that's i mean this out of sight but if you don't go to school you're messing up your future going to school is also doing something for your future. you know this

is the future we supposedly won't have a few don't go to school is threatened anyway by climate change. nonsense this country it's not nonsense and look at the scientific studies you'll realize pretty quickly that it's not nonsense commissionaire this country nothing came of it and how will you be able to get any qualifications if you don't go to school show missing 2 hours on a friday isn't a big deal out of your absences will be noted on your report card i don't care you don't care. doesn't matter that's no it doesn't matter if you're absences are noted on your report card sorry i can't talk about this and all of the chips this is a must like think i feel like i've learned so much from the climate strikes about organizing and bands about science and chaffed and so her argument doesn't work for me yeah finished. yeah yeah i feel the climate strikes me loads of

life skills. if you create more than a lens and 12 years of school situation i'm sure many shows. and loads on $400.00 young environmental. activists are attending the smile for future conference their aim is to lay out their demands in a formal fridays for future declaration. a message for governments and political institutions. the congress is being held and the university of laws on. the plane is in a work group with students from 6 countries with their formulating the movement's strategic goals these will be included in the declaration here i think that's a near us of the clere show. how we were in the original right so we're talking about 2 different things because you're talking about having

broken group identity and a declaration and i don't agree on that. so it's to create 3 sentences promotional structure a particular sort of fair to the book to go but then to do that's one of the options which is also it's great to go so well it's national structure documents at one point i don't. just exist but there are delegations from 38 countries. from the outset the movement has had the support of respected climate experts one of them as. vice chair of the intergovernmental panel on climate change from 2008 to 2015. thanks we had many things in common. and became an. easy. change which presented to. special reports

this morning goodness lippold name. these young people are very well informed on the climate crisis more so than political decision makers in the general public but it came as a surprise. as to me my marriage the climate change conference in qatar and i could see she was able to give very detailed answers to scientific questions no politician can do that she's or read the literature of the faith a lot a lot of young people are familiar with the i.p.c.c. reports. thank you for what you write is done thank you for what's you doing i would like to thank great. teacher. i know she is not that leader. she doesn't want to be a leader but she longs to strike and she student spies. moments at the international one that's right his future has become.

gratitude begged the star of the fridays for future movement is also here she sits with the other participants. the movement is nonhierarchical and democratic and every vote counts equally in the. right lane presents the results of her work group. it's exploration dario our values and principles that demand so that but we have bought that book live on ted other people know about it said. the participants are seeking consensus on all the decisions the 1st vote is on the introduction to the declaration of the protocols because of the society ecosystems is on the horizon and son is married and it's what happens in the next most of the

years this is the future of humankind the lead to extinction is a possible outcome a dream of this clear asian intent. those who agree wave their hands. on position. and i'm just saying this we improve this if we are able to make some just phrasing changes i think that's what we want to do just that you don't get angry with us. i don't think anybody's. but of course the word you can be changed in the whole the can be changed and you move probably change still is there any strong opposition against this proposal.

good it was. the next day the students demonstrating lows on. the school strikes polarize opinion. which may well be why they've succeeded in sparking debate about climate protection in many countries. plain as younger sister and her mother are also taking part today. it must be so. that that you know the sad. truth of the events where is global perspectives stand together and so dirty we both know we are something which. we not do you think you'll see it feel it in it does a lot herself she's very independent she doesn't always give us

a choice that's when the discussion starts and they're not always polite or constructive. or sometimes i think the climate strikes have the last word and i don't think that can be difficult and that in the morning with the keep this. couple of times i've called her teacher and asked is it really all right as far as her schooling is concerned. he told me he let me know if it started to become an issue well mr. mcgee and hear this. this this and that is active the guys i'd like to keep doing this is much as possible it has priority over school i mean this really. you know if in this lifetime we're running out of time if it's nighttime to me we need to see a reduction in emissions by 2020.

i mean we're. not september 20th and berlin. global strike today. is in a hurry. i say. because i have to go back on stage and prepare what i'm going to say a minute most of us have and i think this is. the student movement also has crossed generational support. and said you know we've been complaining for years that young people are a political but now they're driving change we need their courage and ambitions and mood and the i'm beats you and i did you don't like 'd it and so you know. wrote.

23 year old student louise annoyed about the best known activist in the german fridays for future movement as one of the co organizers of the demonstration in berlin. yes we're here and we're loud because you're stealing our future. yes yes but. like all the young activists here louisa has devoted her summer holiday to the movement. yes i've got that yes yes that's the best band that the world is changing rapidly we're witnessing things shift all the time not just the climate but also questions of justice about what we can expect from economic systems in democracies and then just see that it goes hand in hand with the huge push for emancipation. and the climate justice movement is giving rise to all this must be

brought. yes listen to me today we've made history 270000 people demonstrated in berlin today. we broke the record in germany this is the biggest protest in german history. i've. just seen yet i got my son's 100 and that is no then i want to see politicians taking action to fix something when i think about my future on this planet i can't not do something to stand up when i can't let my future go down the drain i can't let that happen he says. around the world over 4000000 people took to the streets and the movement is growing these young activists will soon be eligible to vote and can't afford to ignore them.

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