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From Delhi to Tokyo, students take to streets for climate change protests

It was expected to be the biggest protest ever against the threat posed to the planet by climate change

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Thousands crowd main De la Loi street as they march during a climate protest in Brussels, Friday, Sept. 20

4 min read Last Updated : Sep 25 2019 | 1:10 PM IST

Crowds of children skipped school Friday to join a global strike against climate change, heeding the rallying cry of teen activist Greta Thunberg and demanding adults act to stop environmental disaster.

It was expected to be the biggest protest ever against the threat posed to the planet by climate change.

Yelling slogans and waving placards, children and adults across Asia and the Pacific kicked off the protest, which spread later to Africa and Europe with crowds filling the streets in Paris, London and Berlin.

"We are the future," said Vihaan Agarwal, 15, protesting in Delhi.

"We believe there is no

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