"climate strike" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈklaɪmət straik/ [US] Forms: climate strikes [plural]
Etymology: Firstly coined in 2015 during a mass demonstration at UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, the expression took off only in 2018 after the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg started skipping school on Fridays in order to protest in front of the national parliament. In September 2019 around six million people joined the climate strike worldwide. Head templates: {{en-noun}} climate strike (plural climate strikes)
  1. A protest in which people absent themselves from professional or educational activities in order to join demonstrations calling for action to counter climate change. Wikipedia link: 2015 United_Nations Climate Change Conference, Greta Thunberg Categories (topical): Climate change Synonyms: school strike for the climate, Fridays for Future Derived forms: climate striker Related terms: global warming, climate change Translations (a protest in form of skipping school or work to draw public's attention to the problem of climate crisis): klimaatstaking [feminine] (Dutch), ilmastolakko (Finnish), grève pour le climat [feminine] (French), Klimastreik [masculine] (German), strajk klimatyczny [masculine] (Polish), климати́ческая забасто́вка (klimatíčeskaja zabastóvka) [feminine] (Russian)

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