March for the climate in Nantes, March 19, 2021. -
F. Brenon / 20Minutes
"And one, and two, and three degrees!"
It is a crime against humanity!
"The slogan has been sung dozens of times, at the top of your lungs, this Thursday afternoon on the tarmac, even competing with the well-known" we are hotter, hotter, hotter than the climate ".
Dormant since the start of 2021, the March for the climate has indeed made its return to the streets of Nantes.
More than 2,000 demonstrators thus walked through the city center to warn of “the urgency of global warming” and to demand “more concrete actions”.
They also denounced the “precariousness of youth” in the context of the crisis.
It must be said that in the procession were mainly students and high school students.
They say they skipped classes “for a good cause” and to “shake up people's minds”.
Some unions (CGT, FSU, Solidaires) also swelled the ranks.
Nearly 2,000 high school and college students in the street for the first Manif pour le climat in 2021. #Nantes pic.twitter.com/qdDiPz2DhJ
- 20 Minutes Nantes (@ 20minutesnantes) March 19, 2021
"So many people for a cover, it's nice"
“The coronavirus puts everyone to sleep.
It would almost make you forget that the planet is overheating.
There was already not enough political will to act before and it could be even worse after the crisis, ”says Jules, who is passing the baccalaureate this year.
“It's probably up to the youth to take matters into their own hands.
And seeing so many people for a recovery, it's really fun, ”says Clémentine, in final.
In France, the youth marches for the climate began in Nantes two years ago in the wake of the actions organized by Greta Thunberg.
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