Campus action: US students make themselves heard
At the beginning of 2007, students on over 575 college and high school campuses across the United States and Canada organised events calling for immediate solutions to deal with the potentially devastating impact of climate change. The demands were made as part of “Rising to the Climate Challenge”, a week-long series of actions coordinated by the Campus Climate Challenge. The week of action coincided with the February release of the Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change (IPCC) report, which stated with 90% certainty that human emissions of greenhouse gases are warming the planet’s surface.
Through the week of action, the challenge reached an estimated 50,000 students. Events included:
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