70,000 people according to the organizers… 25,000 according to the police.
This Sunday, the first major climate march since the start of the coronavirus epidemic took place in the streets of Brussels, a few weeks before the international summit of COP26.
The three-kilometer walk linked the Brussels-North station to the Parc du Cinquantenaire.
“It's time for systemic change with radical action.
It is about the survival of humanity, ”climate activist Anuna De Wever told TV station VRT.
Nearly 80 militant groups, united under the banner “Climate Coalition”, called for the demonstration, in which Belgian politicians also participated.
"It's not my generation to foot the bill"
“The climate is a socio-economic issue.
We must now defend it because it is not for my generation to foot the bill, ”said Conor Rousseau, 28, leader of the Vooruit party, the former socialist party in Flanders.
The protest was of particular importance after the deadly floods that hit Belgium in July.
"Politicians are dying of old age, Rosa died of climate change," read one banner, referring to a 15-year-old girl washed away by a river in July.
This march takes place a few weeks before the opening in Glasgow of the COP26, the United Nations conference on climate change, which must discuss with the various governments the maintenance of the objective of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. , as provided for in the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
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