12 of the most powerful climate change placards from the schoolchildren’s strike

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Schoolchildren around the United Kingdom have been displaying home-made placards during the Youth Strike 4 Climate action.

The protests, which took place in London and Belfast among other locations, saw students demand the Government declare a climate emergency and take active steps to tackle the problem.

Their message was largely conveyed via placards and signs – here are 12 of the most powerful from the thousands of protesters who took part.

1. Are you fracking kidding me?!

Demonstrators during a climate change protest in Bristol.
Demonstrators during a climate change protest in Bristol.

2. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues

Demonstrators during a climate change protest in Bristol
Demonstrators during a climate change protest in Bristol

3. Can we fix it? Yes we can

Demonstrators during a climate change protest in Bristol
Demonstrators during a climate change protest in Bristol

4. No planet B

A placard made for a protest regarding climate change
A placard made for a protest regarding climate change

5. Sea levels are rising, so are we

Students from the Youth Strike 4 Climate movement during a climate change protest on Parliament Square in Westminster, London
Students from the Youth Strike 4 Climate movement during a climate change protest on Parliament Square in Westminster, London

6. We are the first generation to feel the effects of climate change and we are the last that can do anything about it!

Students from the Youth Strike 4 Climate movement during a climate change protest on Parliament Square in Westminster, London
Students from the Youth Strike 4 Climate movement during a climate change protest on Parliament Square in Westminster, London

7. We can’t drink oil, we can’t breathe money

Students from the Youth Strike 4 Climate movement during a climate change protest on Parliament Square in Westminster, London
Students from the Youth Strike 4 Climate movement during a climate change protest on Parliament Square in Westminster, London

8. Sorry I can’t tidy my bedroom, I have to save the planet

Archie Agnew, aged 8, at a climate change protest outside Belfast City Hall
Archie Agnew, aged 8, at a climate change protest outside Belfast City Hall

9. Global warming. Oh no

A placard made for a protest regarding climate change
A placard made for a protest regarding climate change

10. Learn to change or learn to swim

Students from the Youth Strike 4 Climate movement outside the gates of Downing Street during a climate change protest on in Westminster, London
Students from the Youth Strike 4 Climate movement outside the gates of Downing Street during a climate change protest on in Westminster, London

11. You say you love your children but you are destroying their future

Students strike during a climate change protest in Huddersfield
Students strike during a climate change protest in Huddersfield

12. Respect existence or expect resistance

Students from the Youth Strike 4 Climate movement blocking traffic during a climate change protest on Parliament Square in Westminster, London
Students from the Youth Strike 4 Climate movement blocking traffic during a climate change protest on Parliament Square in Westminster, London

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