The Global Climate Strikes

This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:

THE QUICK FACTS

• On Friday, September 20th, hundreds of thousands of people, many from younger generations, protested to urge political leaders to take action on climate change.
• The protests took place in cities around the world, some of which drew crowds of over 100,000.
• The protests were intentionally scheduled days before a United Nations Climate Action Summit, which took place on Monday.
• World temperatures have already risen about 1 degree Celsius since before the Industrial Revolution, and scientists have attributed more than 90% of that increase to emissions of greenhouse gases. Researchers say that a rise of 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels would cause significant damage to the Earth's climate.