Climate protesters around the world are calling for an end to fossil fuels as Earth heats up

By The Associated Press

From Europe to Africa to southeast Asia, tens of thousands of climate activists around the world launched protests Friday to call for an end to the burning of planet-warming fossil fuels as Earth suffers from dramatic weather extremes. The global strike that continues through the weekend is driven by several mostly youth-led local and global climate groups and organizations, including Greta Thunberg’s Fridays for Future movement and takes place in dozens of countries in hundreds of cities. Last week, the United Nations warned that countries are way off track to limit warming as agreed in 2015 in Paris to stop the worst effects of climate change.