(ANSA) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 20 - Marches and demonstrations in 70 Italian cities on Friday on the occasion of the global climate strike that takes place simultaneously all over the world.
In Italy, Fridays for future underlines in a note, "the strike will also constitute the culmination of the work carried out by Fridays ForFuture during the election campaign to bring the issues and measures necessary to resolve the climate crisis to the center of the public debate and to guarantee support for the people most affected by the effects. of the energy crisis "" The purpose of the protest is to report the climate crisis and the solutions to deal with it, absent from the electoral debate, once again at the center of public attention ", explains Agnese Casadei, spokesperson for Fridays for future Italy:"
The disaster that occurred in the Marche a few days ago reminds us of the consequences of ignoring the climate crisis.
The possibility of avoiding a catastrophic rise in temperatures depends on the next 5 years, and we risk that they will be wasted by a Parliament that does not see the climate issue as a priority.
We cannot allow this to happen: politics must know that ignoring this problem is not an option if it is to win the consent of the citizens.
He must also know that not acting today means being criminal accomplices in the greatest crisis in human history. "And voting is not enough.
Adds Mathias Mancin, spokesperson for Fridays for Future Italia: "Citizen participation in politics cannot be reduced by putting a cross one day. energy poverty, unemployment, the climate crisis - they have been left without serious responses in this election campaign, leaving millions of people without real representation. We want to bring our unrepresented voice to the streets. If politics wants our vote, it must listen to our voice. "
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