List of school climate strikes


The list of school climate strikes lists school student strikes associated with the school strike for climate movement. The strikes began on 20 August 2018, when Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg went on strike daily for several weeks, before switching to striking every Friday. The days of the largest strikes worldwide have been on 15 March 2019, 20 September 2019 and 27 September 2019. These September 2019 climate strikes were estimated to have involved up to 7.6 million people globally.
The strikes have grown to include people of all ages and from all walks of life, including scientists, politicians, and celebrities.

List

DateCountryCitiesParticipantsComments-
20 08 2018SwedenStockholm1Daily until 9 September 2018, then every Friday, started by Greta Thunberg-
04 09 2018NetherlandsThe Hague1–51–5 participants, daily until 21 September 2018, in front of the House of Representatives-
14 09 2018GermanyBerlinIn front of the Bundestag each Friday since this date, originally initiated by cultural manager and activist Barbara Fischer-
21 09 2018NetherlandsZeist110-year-old begins weekly climate strikes-
02 11 2018CanadaSudbury16th grader Sophia Mathur begins weekly strikes-
28 11 2018AustraliaMultiple citiesParticipants included 200 outside parliament in Canberra. Australian Senate had approved motion to support the student action on 27 November 2018.-
30 11 2018Australia30 locationsNamed 'Strike for Climate Action'-
07 12 2018CanadaVancouver50-
07 12 2018England London12-
14 12 2018GermanyBerlin, Göttingen, Hamburg, Kiel, Köln, Karlsruhe200+Several dozens of participants in Hamburg, 150 pupils in Berlin, unknown number in other cities. Named Fridays for Future: Klimastreik-
14 12 2018SwedenMalmö?Greta Thunberg joining a Malmö climate demonstration on her way home from Katowice-
14 12 2018SwitzerlandZürich500-
14 12 2018New York1US student Alexandria Villaseñor begins weekly Friday picketing at the United Nations-
21 12 2018SwitzerlandBasel, Bern, St. Gallen, ZürichNamed Klimastreik in German and grève du climat in French-
21 12 2018England Corsham4Ellida Dilley was directly inspired by Thunberg-
04 01 2019United StatesDenver and New York City3Haven Coleman begins Friday protests in Denver; Zayne Cowie continues at NY city hall; Villaseñor continues at UN HQ.-
10 01 2019BelgiumBrusselsThe Belgium movement 'Youth for Climate' organises strikes on Thursdays-
11 01 2019FinlandHelsinkiHundreds"Hundreds" of participants. Named Ilmastolakko / Klimatstrejk-
11 01 2019CanadaWaterloo30First "Fridays for Future" strike for Waterloo-
11 01 2019Scotland Fort William113-year-old Holly Gillibrand is also an Extinction Rebellion activist-
11 01 2019IrelandCork1Started with one student, Saoi O'Connor, and has steadily been gaining support since her first strike, alone, in early January.-
17 01 2019BelgiumBrussels and Antwerp-
18 01 2019Switzerland15 locationsNobel laureate Jacques Dubochet joined the demonstration in Lausanne-
18 01 2019Germany50 locationsFridays for Future Germany-
24 01 2019BelgiumBrusselsActivists gathered around the European Parliament-
25 01 2019SwitzerlandDavos30With Greta Thunberg, who was invited to the World Economic Forum-
25 01 2019GermanyBerlinFridays for Future Germany-
27 01 2019BelgiumBrusselsrelated more general demonstration for climate-
31 01 2019BelgiumLiège, Brussels, Leuven, Charleroi, Chimay, TournaiThe city of Liège supports it and accepts absence of students on this day-
01 02 2019Washington DC1Jerome Foster II begins weekly Friday protests at the front gates of the White House, while also interning for Congressman John Lewis directly afterwards..-
01 02 2019Germany25 locationsFridays for Future Germany-
02 02 2019Switzerland13 locationsDemonstration on Saturday, organised by the 'Climate Strike' movement-
07 02 2019NetherlandsThe Hague, Groningen--
07 02 2019BelgiumLeuven, Brussels, Arlon, Antwerp, Kortrijk, Hasselt, Herve, Mons, Liège-
08 02 2019Germany50 locations pupils in Flensburg, pupils in Regensburg, in Passau, 200 in Landau, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 130 in Halle, etc.-
08 02 2019AustriaSalzburg100-
08 02 2019FranceNantes150First School Strike for Climate in France-
13 02 2019IrelandDublin400Organised by sixth-class students from Donabate Portrane Educate Together-
14 02 2019NetherlandsMultiple cities100–500100–500 participants, Both high-school students and undergraduate students participating. Weekly in Amsterdam, Nijmegen and Groningen-
14 02 2019BelgiumBrussels-
15 02 2019CanadaMontrealHundreds-
15 02 2019FranceParisFirst School Strike for Climate in Paris-
15 02 2019GermanyOver 35 locations-
15 02 2019ItalyBolzano-
15 02 2019United Kingdom60 locationsCoordinated by Youth Strike 4 Climate-
15 02 2019United StatesDenver, CO; Tisbury, MA; New York9In DC, Foster continues solo strikes;OC Coleman continues solo strikes.; Y, Villaseñor joined by other students for the first time. In Tisbury MA, brothers Runar Finn and Odin Robinson.-
21 02 2019BelgiumBrussels, Ghent, Genk, TurnhoutThunberg joined the Brussels strike after addressing the EU.-
22 02 2019FranceParisThousands-
22 02 2019IrelandDublin, Cork, Maynooth100weekly strikes continuing, with action at Dáil Éireann attended by about 100-
22 02 2019IcelandReykjavíkHundredsHundreds of people gathered in Reykjavík to protest climate change in the first climate strike of Iceland. The strikers were mostly students, but other people were welcome to join as well.-
27 02 2019BelgiumGhent600-
28 02 2019BelgiumAntwerp, Huy, Brussels, Mechelen, Dinant, LiègeThunberg joined the Antwerp strike.-
01 03 2019NorwayMultiple locationsThousands"Thousands" in first widespread school strike in Norway-
01 03 2019CanadaSudbury12Strikers win letter of support from 80 staff and faculty at Laurentian University-
01 03 2019IcelandReykjavík200The second strike in Iceland since 22 February.-
07 03 2019BelgiumLouvain-La-Neuve, Antwerpen, Mechelen3900 to 4200 strikers in Louvain-la-Neuve and 250 demonstrators in Antwerpen.-
08 03 2019Iceland and United StatesReykjavík and Washington DC400The third strike in Iceland since 22 February. It took place at Austurvöllur In Washington, DC, Jerome Foster joined by other students for the first time.-
14 03 2019NetherlandsAmsterdam--
14 03 2019NorwayBergen3000+-
15 03 2019New ZealandAuckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and othersThousands including at New Zealand ParliamentStrikers win the support of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Minister for Climate Change James Shaw, Greens Co-Leader Marama Davidson, and the mayor of Auckland, Phil Goff. The rally in Christchurch at Cathedral Square ended early due to the Christchurch mosque shootings nearby.-
15 03 2019AustraliaNationwide, 60 locationsEstimated students in Sydney, students in Brisbane-
15 03 2019JapanTokyo130130 people marched through the Aoyama, Harajuku & Shibuya districts of Tokyo-
15 03 2019South KoreaSeoul100+-
15 03 2019ChinaHong KongAbout 1000 students marched to the Central Government Offices-
15 03 2019ThailandBangkok30-60Led by 11-year-old Lily-
15 03 2019PhilippinesNationwide, at least 9 locationsHundredsAbout 150 strikers in Bukidnon alone.-
15 03 2019IndiaHyderabad, Delhi, Gurgaon1200+300-700 strike in Hyderabad at the Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park, 500 in Delhi and 400 in Gurgaon-
15 03 2019RussiaMoscow40About 40 strikers gathered at Sokolniki Park in Moscow. Other protests were also planned in Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Surgut and Krasnoyarsk, but these were not allowed by the government. As an alternative to striking, Russian students and other supporters showed their solidarity via social media. Every Friday since then, local student Arshak Makichyan has been striking alone on Pushkinskaya Square.-
15 03 2019UkraineKiev, Kharkiv, Dnipro100+-
15 03 2019CyprusNicosiaHundreds-
15 03 2019GreeceMainly in Athens and Thessaloniki500+Approximately 400 students in Athens, at least 50 in Thessaloniki. Protests also took place in Agios Nikolaos, Crete-
15 03 2019FinlandHelsinki-
15 03 2019SwedenNationwide, 144 locationsEstimated to students in Stockholm, 500 in Uppsala-
15 03 2019IcelandReykjavík1000The fourth strike in Iceland since 22 February.-
15 03 2019LatviaRigaHundredsA couple of hundred people marching from Vērmane Garden to Riga City Council and then to Saeima.-
15 03 2019PolandWarsaw and nationwide+ in Warsaw, 350 in Kraków and 200 participants in Katowice according to police-
15 03 2019Czech RepublicPrague, Brno, Liberec1000+first Czech climate strike-
15 03 2019SlovakiaBratislava, Košice, Žilina and Liptovský Mikuláš-
15 03 2019CroatiaZagreb & Split in Zagreb and in Split-
15 03 2019SloveniaLjubljana & 6 other locations in Ljubljana-
15 03 2019GermanyNationwide, 230 locationsEstimated students in Berlin, in Munich, in Cologne, in Frankfurt, in Bremen, in Düsseldorf, in Potsdam-
15 03 2019DenmarkCopenhagenOver in Copenhagen-
15 03 2019NetherlandsMaastricht-
15 03 2019BelgiumNationwide, 34 locationsEstimated students in Brussels, in Louvain-la-Neuve, in Mons, in Philippeville, in Wavre, 800 in Liege-
15 03 2019LuxembourgNationwideEstimated students in Luxembourg-
15 03 2019FranceNationwide, 221 locationsIn Paris, estimated between and students -
15 03 2019AustriaNationwideEstimated students in Vienna-
15 03 2019Switzerland20 locationsEstimated participants in Switzerland -
15 03 2019ItalyNationwide, 235 locations+Estimated students in Milan, in Naples, in Rome, in Turin, in Venice, in Florence and Genoa, in Bergamo, Bolzano, Bologna and Lecce, hundreds in other cities-
15 03 2019MaltaVallettaHundreds-
15 03 2019United KingdomNationwide, 120 locations+Estimated in London, in Brighton, in Edinburgh, in Glasgow's second climate strike, in Leeds, 500- in Birmingham, 500 in Liverpool, hundreds in Cardiff-
15 03 2019IrelandNationwide, 37 locationsEstimated in Dublin and in Cork.-
15 03 2019PortugalLisbon, FaroThousandsThousands nationwide. Over 400 in Faro.-
15 03 2019SpainMadrid and nationwide, 50+ citiesEstimated in Madrid-
15 03 2019South AfricaCape Town-
15 03 2019United StatesNationwide, 100+ locations+- in Ann Arbor, MI, in New York City, - in Portland, OR, in Washington, DC, in San Francisco, "about " in St. Paul, MN, a "few hundred" in Los Angeles, "several hundred" in Chicago, "hundreds" in Seattle, "hundreds" in Boston, 200+ in Sacramento-
15 03 2019CanadaNationwide, 70+ locations+Estimated + students in Montreal, students in Vancouver, students in Ottawa, "hundreds" in Toronto, 350 in Kelowna, 300 in Edmonton & 150 in Calgary-
15 03 2019MexicoMexico City800-
15 03 2019UruguayMontevideoHundredsat Palacio Legislativo-
15 03 2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresHundreds-
15 03 2019ColombiaBogota-
15 03 2019ChileSantiago2000+-
16 03 2019FranceParis"Saturdays for Future" / "Marche du siècle"-
21 03 2019BelgiumLiège, Wavre, Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse, Brussels, and Antwerp in Liège, in Wavre, 700 in Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse, 500 in Brussels, and 200 in Antwerp.-
22 03 2019NorwayOslo, Trondheim, and over 50 othersIncluding in outside the parliament in Oslo.-
22 03 2019FranceRennesHundreds-
24 03 2019BelgiumBrussels400Organised by Greenpeace Belgium, Klimaatcoalitie and the Youth for Climate movement, which also organises the climate strikes in Belgium.-
29 03 2019GermanyBerlin and other citiesAbout students in Berlin and more elsewhere in Germany.-
04 04 2019BelgiumBrussels500-500 strikers according to the police and strikers according to the organisers.-
05 04 2019GermanyNeubrandenburg, Greifswald, Schwerin300+250 strikers in Schwerin, 25 in Neubrandenburg and 30 in Greifswald.-
05 04 2019SerbiaBelgradeDozens-
05 04 2019CanadaToronto100+At least 100 Canadian strikers marched to Queen's Park in Toronto.-
06 04 2019SwitzerlandMultiple locations+Over strikers in Zürich, in Lausanne, and in Geneva.-
11 04 2019BelgiumBrussels-
12 04 2019GermanyBerlin and other cities+About students in Augsburg and more elsewhere in Germany.-
12 04 2019United KingdomNationwideThousands"Thousands of thousands" students went on strikes across the United Kingdom. There were 400 strikers in Oxford and also hundreds in Liverpool.-
12 04 2019Northern CyprusFamagusta600+The second strike in Cyprus. The first one was held in March and was smaller than the strike on 12 April.-
18 04 2019BelgiumOstend, Antwerp350200 in Ostend and 150 in Antwerp.-
19 04 2019ItalyRomeThe strike in Rome was led by Greta Thunberg.-
20 04 2019SwitzerlandBernAn estimated strikers participated in a Critical Mass event on Saturday. The event was organised by the Swiss climate youth movement.-
22 04 2019CanadaQuebec CityHundreds-
25 04 2019BelgiumNamur, Antwerp500400 strikers in Namur and 100 in Antwerp. A demonstration in Tournai was canceled.-
26 04 2019SlovakiaBratislavaHundredsHundreds of high school students and university students demonstrated in Bratislava.-
27 04 2019CanadaMontreal, Alma, Gaspé, Sherbrooke, Rouyn-Noranda, Mont-LaurierThousandsCanadian students across the province of Quebec held several marches in different locations. There were up to strikers, according to the organisers.-
02 05 2019BelgiumBrussels530About 530 strikers held a march in Brussels and walked from Brussels-North to Brussels Central Station.-
03 05 2019CanadaNationwide, 85 citiesThousandsHundreds of students took part in strikes in both Victoria and Vancouver to protest climate change. About 100 students in Truro and 30 students in Corner Brook did the same. 200 strikers showed up in Sunshine Coast. Over 100 strikers in Peterborough demanded the city to declare a state of emergency on climate change. 250 students striked in Regina. 300 attended in Greater Sudbury.-
03 05 2019United StatesNationwideThousandsStudents from hundreds of schools across the United States held several rallies and marches in different locations, including Boston, Chicago, Houston, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Seattle.-
04 05 2019SwitzerlandSeeland300300 strikers attended at what is believed to be the first climate strike on the Swiss countryside.-
09 05 2019Pakistan6 cities300This was the eighth protest in Pakistan.-
09 05 2019BelgiumAntwerp, Mons1200About 200 strikers in Antwerp and 1000 in Mons.-
11 05 2019SwitzerlandKreuzlingen500+Between 500 and 600 student strikers gathered in the Swiss city of Kreuzlingen and marched to the German city of Konstanz.-
11 05 2019GermanyKonstanz500+Between 500 and 600 student strikers gathered in the Swiss city of Kreuzlingen and marched to the German city of Konstanz.-
17 05 2019BelgiumBrussels650650 strikers marched along with Raoni Metuktire through Brussels.-
17 May 2019GreeceAthens1300-
24 05 2019AustraliaSydney, Melbourne1000+According to Extinction Rebellion Australia, over 1000 students staged a die-in in Melbourne, There were also climate strikes in Sydney.-
24 05 2019FinlandNationwide150+Between 100 and 150 students striked in Tampere. More strikes were held elsewhere, including in Helsinki, Seinäjoki and Kuopio.-
24 05 2019SwedenStockholm6000An estimated 6000 went on strike in Stockholm, including over 4000 students. The strikers marched from Humlegården to Kungsträdgården. Appearance by Greta Thunberg.-
24 05 2019AustriaNationwide5500At least 5500 students in Austria went on strike, including 1000 in Graz, 700 in Bregenz, 2000 in Linz,300 in Klagenfurt and 1500 in Vienna.-
24 05 2019GermanyNationwide-
24 05 2019NetherlandsUtrecht1500An estimated 1500 students striked in Utrecht. A group of over 200 teachers called Teachers for Climate supported them in an open letter.-
24 05 2019BelgiumBrussels75007500 students striked and marched in Brussels during the twentieth and supposedly the last Belgian climate strike.-
24 05 2019FranceParis+According to an "independent counting" organisation, at least student strikers marched in the streets of Paris, mostly students. The organisers estimated the number of protesters in Paris to be. There were also 3000 strikers in Lyon and Montpellier, 2600 in Nantes and 1000 in Tours.-
24 05 2019GreeceNationwide2000+Strikers marched in Athens along with the candidate MEP Petros Kokkalis. A march took place in Thessaloniki.-
24 5 2019New ZealandAuckland, Wellington, Christchurch and other locationsTens of thousandsNew Zealand's second school strike for climate-
24 05 2019SpainNationwide, about 50 cities1000+500 in Madrid, hundreds in Barcelona and hundreds elsewhere in Spain.-
24 05 2019PortugalLisbonOver students went on strike in Lisbon, according to the organisers.-
24 05 2019United KingdomNationwideHundredsProtesters gathered outside the Parliament of the United Kingdom in London. Similar demonstrations happened elsewhere in the United Kingdom.-
24 05 2019United StatesCharlottesville100About 100 students from Charlottesville and Albemarle County schools gathered at the Freedom of Speech Wall, where several of them spoke, followed by candidates for the Charlottesville City Council. The crowd then walked along the Downtown Mall and back, cheered by onlookers.-
24 05 2019SerbiaBelgrade50Second strike for climate in Belgrade organised by Petkom za budućnost and supported by Educational system Kreativno pero. About 50 strikers attended.-
31 05 2019AustriaViennaAppearance by Greta Thunberg.-
21 06 2019GermanyAachenAccording to the organizers the largest single FFF climate strike in a German city that far-
28 6 2019GermanyBerlinParliament of Germany blocked by protesters-
28 6 2019FranceParis?Police and protesters clashed-
5 7 2019GermanyCologne-
19 7 2019GermanyInvalid's Park, BerlinAppearance by Greta Thunberg-
09 08 2019SwitzerlandLausanneDemonstration ending the "SMILE for Future" conference which gathered 450 young European activists, including Greta Thunberg, from 5 to 9 August 2019 and resulted in the "Lausanne Climate Declaration".-
16 8 2019North Atlantic OceanMalizia IIGreta Thunberg holding her sign onboard during Transatlantic journey-
23 8 2019North Atlantic OceanMalizia IIGreta Thunberg holding her sign onboard during Transatlantic journey-
30 8 2019United StatesNew YorkHundredsIn presence of Greta Thunberg, outside the Headquarters of the United Nations led by Xiye Bastida and Alexandria Villasenor.-
6 9 2019United StatesNew YorkHundredsIn presence of Greta Thunberg, outside the Headquarters of the United Nations led by Xiye Bastida and Alexandria Villasenor.-
13 9 2019United StatesWashington, DCThousandsIn presence of Greta Thunberg, White House climate strike led by Jerome Foster II is held.-
20 9 2019185 countries5,800+ locations4+ millionFirst day of the third global strike. Appearance by Greta Thunberg in New York City, while appearing on widescreen in Stockholm. See September 2019 climate strikes for a list of actions by country.-
27 9 2019170 countries6,400+ locations2+ millionLast day of the third global strike. Appearance by Greta Thunberg in Montreal, where 300,000–500,000 people gathered. Figures of 1 million protesters in Italy and 170,000 in New Zealand. See September 2019 climate strikes for a list of actions by country.-
4 10 2019USAIowa City, IowaHundredsDemonstrations and protests among students against coal power. Appearance by Greta Thunberg-
11 10 2019NetherlandsLeeuwarden100Students and pupils protested in front of the "Provinsjehûs" on Friday.-
11 10 2019USADenver, ColoradoThousandsAppearance by Greta Thunberg in the Denver Civic Center.-
18 10 2019CanadaEdmonton, AlbertaThousandsAppearance by Greta Thunberg-
25 10 2019CanadaVancouver, British Columbia15 000Appearances by Greta Thunberg, David Suzuki and Severn Cullis-Suzuki-
1 11 2019USALos Angeles, California1000Appearances by Greta Thunberg-
6 December 2019USA, Spain, and 50+ other countries300+ locations1+ millionAppearances by Greta Thunberg at the United Nations COP25 Conference in Madrid, Span-
17 01 2020SwitzerlandLausanneFirst anniversary of the climate strikes in Lausanne, in presence of Greta Thunberg; same week as the judgement of the "Lausanne action climat" trial-
24 01 2020SwitzerlandDavosDozensWith Greta Thunberg, invited at the World Economic Forum -
07 02 2020NetherlandsThe Hague500-1000Strike organised by youth for climate exactly one year after the first strike on the same location
28 February 2020United KingdomBristol30 000With Greta Thunberg. Organised by Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate.
06 03 2020BelgiumBrusselsThousandsThousands march in Brussels for the European Climate Strike as the warmest winter on record comes to a close.