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 Hague1–5 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 Lilly Platt begins weekly climate strikes
02 11 2018CanadaSudbury16th grader Sophia Mathur begins weekly strikes
20 November 2018BelgiumBrussels300+ students from the European School, [Brussels II|European School Brussels II] in front of the European Commission
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 2018SwedenMalmöGreta Thunberg joining a Malmö climate demonstration on her way home from Katowice
14 12 2018SwitzerlandZurich500
14 12 2018New York1US student Alexandria Villaseñor begins weekly Friday picketing at the United Nations
21 12 2018SwitzerlandBasel, Bern, St. Gallen, ZurichNamed 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, D.C.1Jerome 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 cities100–500 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, Antwerp, Mechelen3900 to 4200 strikers in Louvain-la-Neuve and 250 demonstrators in Antwerp.
08 03 2019Iceland and United StatesReykjavík and Washington, D.C.400The third strike in Iceland since 22 February. It took place at Austurvöllur In Washington, D.C., 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 2019ThailandBangkokLed 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 2019UkraineKyiv, 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, D.C., 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 2019ColombiaBogotá
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 Zurich, 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 struck 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 struck 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 struck in Utrecht. A group of over 200 teachers called Teachers for Climate supported them in an open letter.
24 05 2019BelgiumBrussels75007500 students struck 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 2019FranceParisPolice 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 on board during Transatlantic journey
23 8 2019North Atlantic OceanMalizia IIGreta Thunberg holding her sign on board 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, D.C.ThousandsIn 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 2019SpainMadrid500.000Appearances by Greta Thunberg at the United Nations COP25 Conference in Madrid, Spain
6 December 2019USA, and 50+ other countries300+ locations1+ millionProtests parallel to the main protest in Madrid
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 HagueStrike organised by youth for climate exactly one year after the first strike on the same location
07 02 2020BelgiumBrussels1000Despite objections by Deputy Minister-President Ben Weyts, a thousand young Belgians went to the streets for the first Belgian climate strike in 2020.
United KingdomBristolWith 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.
04 09 2020Switzerland18 citiesFirst climate strike after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic
150+ countries3,500+ locationsThousands or moreStrikes were scheduled in thousands of locations around the globe, partly digital.
19 03 202150+ countries800+ locationsThousands or moreSeventh global climate strike, partly online under the banned #NoMoreEmptyPromises, but also in the form of demonstrations such as in Belgium or Switzerland.
SwitzerlandNationwide"Strike for the Future", organised by organisations, students and unions to denounce the climate change policy pursued by the Swiss government.
NetherlandsThe HagueHundredsOn a thursday, to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the State of the Netherlands v. Urgenda Foundation court case.
24 September 2021Multiple locationsGlobal Climate Strike
25 March 2022Multiple locationsGlobal Climate Strike
23 September 2022Worldwide450 locationsTens of thousands
13 January 2023GermanyLützerath15 000 - 35 000Protests against the eviction of Lützerath
3 March 2023New ZealandAuckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Nelson, Napier, New Plymouth, Palmerston NorthThousandsProtesting in the aftermath of the 2023 Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods and Cyclone Gabrielle.
5 April 2024New Zealand20 centres including Auckland, Wellington, Whangārei and InvercargillThousandsProtests calling for the retention of the ban on oil and gas exploration, upholding the Treaty of Waitangi, opposing fast track consenting legislation, protecting New Zealand's oceans and conservation land, climate education for all and lowering the voting age to 16 years. The protest was organised by Toitū Te Tiriti, Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa and School Strike for Climate.
14 02 2025GermanyBerlinRally and march.