NEW YORK\u2014Hundreds of young people and their allies walked out of school and work on Friday afternoon to call for government and industry leaders to end the production of fossil fuels to combat the climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The strike was organized by the local chapter of the international youth-led movement Fridays for Future as part of a global call to action<\/a>. It was timed to precede NYC Climate Week, an annual event organized by the nonprofit Climate Group to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly session and bring world governments, the private sector and nonprofit leaders to New York City to talk about climate challenges and solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe protest because the world hasn\u2019t listened,\u201d said 17-year-old Fridays for Future activist Lorelai Crean. \u201cFor years, scientists, activists and people with lived experiences have been sounding the alarm about the climate crisis. Today we walked out of over 25 schools across the city to amplify that alarm. The threat posed to our planet by the fossil fuel industry and climate change has never been clearer.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n