Dictionary

climate strike en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈklaɪmət straik/ (US)

Etymology

Firstly coined in 2015 during a mass demonstration at UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, the expression took off only in 2018 after the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg started skipping school on Fridays in order to protest in front of the national parliament. In September 2019 around six million people joined the climate strike worldwide.

Meanings

1. A protest in which people absent themselves from professional or educational activities in order to join demonstrations calling for action to counter climate change.

Forms

Deriveds

climate striker

Relateds

global warming · climate change

Synonyms

school strike for the climate, Fridays for Future

Translations (9)

de Klimastreik (a protest in form of skipping school or work to draw public's attention to the problem of climate crisis) · fi ilmastolakko (a protest in form of skipping school or work to draw public's attention to the problem of climate crisis) · ja 気候ストライキ (a protest in form of skipping school or work to draw public's attention to the problem of climate crisis) · ru климати́ческая забасто́вка (a protest in form of skipping school or work to draw public's attention to the problem of climate crisis) · nl klimaatstaking (a protest in form of skipping school or work to draw public's attention to the problem of climate crisis) · fr grève pour le climat (a protest in form of skipping school or work to draw public's attention to the problem of climate crisis) · cmn 气候罢工 (a protest in form of skipping school or work to draw public's attention to the problem of climate crisis) · pl strajk klimatyczny (a protest in form of skipping school or work to draw public's attention to the problem of climate crisis) · ko 기후 파업 (a protest in form of skipping school or work to draw public's attention to the problem of climate crisis)

wikipedia: 2015 United_Nations Climate Change Conference · wikipedia: Greta Thunberg