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Germany: Thousands gather for climate protest
Rally is led by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg
01 March, 11:11
(ANSA-AP) - BERLIN, MARCH 1 - Thousands of students have
gathered in the German city of Hamburg as part of a worldwide
protest calling for action to curb global warming.
Friday's rally in the northern port city is being led by
Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg, who has become a prominent
voice in campaigns against climate change. In January, the
16-year-old spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos,
Switzerland, telling business and government leaders: "I want
you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day."
At the Hamburg protest, students held banners featuring
slogans such as "March now or swim later" - a reference to
rising sea levels from melting ice caps - and "We (heart)
Greta."
Similar protests were planned in dozens of cities worldwide.
(ANSA-AP).
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