BELGIUM, Brussels. 24/01/2019: The third "Youth for Climate" demonstration organised by school-skipping students gathered 35000 people, double the amount of the second demonstration one week earlier. Belgium abstained from signing the Katowice Climate Conference agreement in December 2018, partly because of the complex political configuration of a country with 4 (four!) environment ministers. This happened days after a 'Claim the Climate' demonstration gathered 70K people in the streets of Brussels on December 2nd 2018. Irritated by the neglecting attitude of the government, and inspired by the young Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, a small group of second grade students, led by Anuna De Wever, Kyra Gantois, Adelaïde Charlier and others, started a series of weekly demonstrations with school-skipping students to put pressure on the Belgian Government to finally come up with a coherent and drastic plan to tackle climate issues. Gathering only a few thousand students on its first time on January 10th, the numbers grew to 12K the second week, reached 35K one week after that and spread in several cities all over Belgium. The energetic presence of the students in the streets considerably raised climate change awareness with the public and, combined with the looming elections of May 2019, climate became probably the hottest topic on the political agenda. This is a chronological thread on Instagram about the events. #MAPS #youthforclimate #climatechange #actforclimate #brossenvoorbossen #claimtheclimate More here: https://mapsbase.photoshelter.com/gallery/Belgium-Youth-for-Climate/G0000TlxamO3b2rU/C0000ZXz2kpvEv2k https://www.instagram.com/vinkjohn/p/Bvx5HALBtt7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hgchg5q2gbpf

BELGIUM, Brussels. 17/01/2019: Anuna De Wever (on top of the van), 17-year old student, together with friends who initiated a protest of about 12000 students skipping secondary school for the second 'Youth for Climate' demonstration. Belgium abstained from signing the Katowice Climate Conference agreement in December 2018, partly because of the complex political configuration of a country with 4 (four!) environment ministers. This happened days after a 'Claim the Climate' demonstration gathered 70K people in the streets of Brussels on December 2nd 2018. Irritated by the neglecting attitude of the government, and inspired by the young Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, a small group of second grade students, led by Anuna De Wever, Kyra Gantois, Adelaïde Charlier and others, started a series of weekly demonstrations with school-skipping students to put pressure on the Belgian Government to finally come up with a coherent and drastic plan to tackle climate issues. Gathering only a few thousand students on its first time on January 10th, the numbers grew to 12K the second week, reached 35K one week after that and spread in several cities all over Belgium. The energetic presence of the students in the streets considerably raised climate change awareness with the public and, combined with the looming elections of May 2019, climate became probably the hottest topic on the political agenda. This is a chronological thread on Instagram about the events. #MAPS #youthforclimate #climatechange #actforclimate #brossenvoorbossen #claimtheclimate #anuna More here: https://mapsbase.photoshelter.com/gallery/Belgium-Youth-for-Climate/G0000TlxamO3b2rU/C0000ZXz2kpvEv2k https://www.instagram.com/vinkjohn/p/BvlIAZihD7k/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dcetv1iyac6n

En octobre 2019, Jacques Crahay, le précédent Président de l'Union Wallonne des entreprises, prônait la sobriété et appelait à repenser notre modèle économique.

BELGIUM, Brussels. 17/01/2019: About 12000 students skipped secondary school on the second 'Youth for Climate' demonstration. Belgium abstained from signing the Katowice Climate Conference agreement in December 2018, partly because of the complex political configuration of a country with 4 (four!) environment ministers. This happened days after a 'Claim the Climate' demonstration gathered 70K people in the streets of Brussels on December 2nd 2018. Irritated by the neglecting attitude of the government, and inspired by the young Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, a small group of second grade students, led by Anuna De Wever, Kyra Gantois, Adelaïde Charlier and others, started a series of weekly demonstrations with school-skipping students to put pressure on the Belgian Government to finally come up with a coherent and drastic plan to tackle climate issues. Gathering only a few thousand students on its first time on January 10th, the numbers grew to 12K the second week, reached 35K one week after that and spread in several cities all over Belgium. The energetic presence of the students in the streets considerably raised climate change awareness with the public and, combined with the looming elections of May 2019, climate became probably the hottest topic on the political agenda. This is a chronological thread on Instagram about the events. #MAPS #youthforclimate #climatechange #actforclimate #claimtheclimate #brossenvoorbossen More here: https://mapsbase.photoshelter.com/gallery/Belgium-Youth-for-Climate/G0000TlxamO3b2rU/C0000ZXz2kpvEv2k https://www.instagram.com/vinkjohn/p/Bvf6hfTlZvu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1i2mylu4a2z2n

We want change #belgium #brussels #claimtheclimate #gaia #earth #love https://www.instagram.com/p/BtJEjydn-qC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zxzfww0yidki

BRUSSELS today!#climatechange #claimtheclimate https://www.instagram.com/p/BtJDn7uHi5y/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4h8bkc86leju

Manifestation des jeunes pour le climat en Belgique, en Suisse, au Pays-Bas © Chappatte dans Le Temps. “Nous sommes en train de perdre la course” faute de “volonté politique” et “ce pourrait être une tragédie pour la planète”, met en garde le patron de l'ONU, Antonio Guterres, dans une interview diffusée en marge du Forum économique mondial