climate strike

Etymology
Firstly coined in 2015 during a mass demonstration at, the expression took off only in 2018 after the Swedish activist 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.

Noun

 * 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.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 气候罢工
 * Dutch: klimaatstaking
 * Finnish:
 * French: grève pour le climat
 * German: Klimastreik
 * Japanese: 気候ストライキ
 * Korean: 기후 파업
 * Polish: strajk klimatyczny
 * Russian: климати́ческая забасто́вка