• Tweeter

  • republish

Parisian protesters intend to keep up the pressure on the government after a historic "global climate strike". Photo: David Baché / RFI

In the wake of a historic global mobilization for the fight against global warming, protesters have won the streets of Paris Saturday, September 21 during a new " march for climate and social justice ", at the call of many NGOs .

This article is updated regularly,

Hundreds of people gathered Saturday, September 21 near the Luxembourg Garden in Paris, taking part in this new " walk for climate and social justice " to Bercy, where is the French Ministry of Economy.

The organizers hope a strong mobilization, even if the demonstration of Friday 20 September on the climate brought together at least 10 000 people in the capital , according to a count of the cabinet Occurrence for media. On the global scale, it has been widely followed, especially in New York , where Greta Thunberg was present, three days before the opening of the UN summit on climate.

For Maxime Combes, spokesman for the Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and for Citizen Action (Attac), one of the many organizations that call for walking for the climate, it is urgent to act and challenge the makers of the world. " We can see that the climate crisis is getting worse. So this mobilization today is meant to say that the movement for the climate is being massed, to renew itself and that it is there to last. We will not be able to do without the climate movement in the future, "he told RFI.

Today, we have commitments that are never followed up. We have small steps and great renouncements, coming from political decision-makers and economic decision-makers who generally pay lip service to each other and who do not do much to effectively fight the climate. The challenge today is to accelerate the movement and ensure that all these states increase their ambition to fight against global warming, not in twenty years, not in ten years, but as soon as possible. tomorrow.

Maxime Combes, spokesman for the Attac, insists that only "small steps and great renunciations" take place for the climate 21/09/2019 - by David Baché

This mobilization was also joined by many "yellow vests" present in the capital for the 45th act of their movement , wishing a " convergence of struggles " on this day when several gatherings are organized in the French capital.

For Élodie Nace, spokesperson for " Nonviolent Action Cop- 21" and Alternatiba, two organizations defending the environment, the junction of the two struggles is necessary and obvious. " Since the birth of the movement of" yellow vests ", there has been a call to carry a common message " with the mobilization for the climate, she explains to RFI, whose organizations were also at the initiative of the today's walk. " We are rejecting the same type of system and the same people, and we are now demanding radical and immediate measures. "

The parade "for climate and social justice" begins this Saturday at midday in central Paris, at the call of many NGOs. Photo: David Baché / RFI