{"id":35060,"date":"2019-03-12T16:50:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=35060"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:50:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:50:55","slug":"meet-the-17-year-old-leading-cardiffs-youth-strike-for-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/03\/12\/meet-the-17-year-old-leading-cardiffs-youth-strike-for-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the 17-year-old leading Cardiff&#039;s Youth Strike for Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Ahead of the second Cardiff Youth Strike for Climate Justice this Friday 15th March, EMMA ELGEE interviews Beth Irving, its 17-year-old organiser, about why people need to come out and join her.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;When people tell us to go back to school or stop playing truant, I feel like screaming,&#8221; said\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">Beth Irving.<\/span><br \/>\nThe\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">17-year-old student is the Cardiff organiser of the Youth Strike for Climate Justice movement.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">This Friday will see Cardiff&#8217;s second Strike to address the Welsh governments inaction on the impending climate crisis.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The strike<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0movement has\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">gained global traction\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">71 countries\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">taking part &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">after another young girl<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0&#8211;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Greta Thunberg, 16, protested alone outside the Swedish Parliament building demanding her government took action on climate change.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Beth, who attends \u00a0UWC Atlantic College in the Vale of Glamorgan, said: \u201cFriday needs to be bigger, better and bolder! <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">We will be marching from the City Hall in the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">centre<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0of Cardiff to the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Senedd,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">blocking the streets.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cFor this to be powerful, we need larger numbers; I hope to get more university students involved and more secondary age pupils.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35062\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35062\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-35062 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-1024x768-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-1024x768-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-1024x768-1-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-1024x768-1-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-1024x768-1-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35062 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-1024x768-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-1024x768-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-1024x768-1-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-1024x768-1-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-1024x768-1-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript> Beth Irving, 17, from UWC Atlantic College\u00a0in the Vale of\u00a0Glamorgan<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&#8220;Despite there being a lot further to go, the 15th February was so reassuring. It showed that people do care and that we can change things, or at least get people talking, from just a few hundred children missing school.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Some 400 pupils from schools across South Wales gathered outside the Senedd on February 15th chanting\u00a0<\/span>\u201cWhat do we want? Climate justice. When do we want it? Now!\u201d and \u201c2-4-6-8, can the climate really wait?\u201d<br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">They were inspired by Greta Thunberg&#8217;s reaction to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report that said we have 12\u00a0<\/span>years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5C before there is a significant increased risk for droughts,\u00a0floods, extreme heat and poverty for hundreds of millions of people.<br \/>\nThe movement has four demands:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The government has to declare a climate emergency<\/li>\n<li>A reform of the national curriculum&#8217;s teaching on climate change<\/li>\n<li>Better education for the public on the wide effects of climate change<\/li>\n<li>Lower the voting age to 16 because young people should have a voice on climate issues.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">If I could speak directly to the government, and if they\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">actually listened<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, I would ask them to consider how moronically selfish they are being.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">If we don\u2019t address this now then it will be too late and no matter how rich<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0privileged or\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">powerful<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0you\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">are<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0it will affect you.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Climate change does\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">not\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">discriminate,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0said Beth.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Anna\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">McMorrin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, the Welsh\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Labour<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0MP for Cardiff North, found the Cardiff strike so inspiring that she co-founded a debate on climate change in Westminster two weeks ago.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35151\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35151\" style=\"width: 1015px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-35151 \" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2281-1-1024x768-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1015\" height=\"761\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35151 \" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2281-1-1024x768-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1015\" height=\"761\" \/><\/noscript> Protestors listening to Beth Irving speak<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Beth said: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">One of the most exasperating questions I was asked last time was \u201cWhat will climate change mean for Wales?\u201d. Yes, it means increased coastal erosion, flooding, wildfires and droughts but it means so much more than that &#8211; it is a global issue.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Theresa May acknowledged that it was good to see pupils\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">politically<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0engaged but reprimanded them for missing school, saying they needed to learn how to become the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">professionals<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0who could fix climate change.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Beth said: \u201cI do not strike lightly &#8211; my education is so very important to me. When people tell us to go back to school or stop playing truant, I feel like screaming.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cIt shows such an ignorance of the issue and frankly is extremely\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">patronising<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">. The Prime Minister&#8217;s comments on the school strikes in general closely follow a quote by Gandhi: &#8216;First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.&#8217;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cShe completely ignored our demands and purpose of striking, simply condoning us for being disruptive &#8211; I think,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mrs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0May, that was the point.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">The event kicks\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">off<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0at 10 am by City Hall &#8211; see the Facebook event <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2067128996657331\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Beth Irving speaking at Cardiff&#039;s School Strike for Cardiff Feb 15th 2019\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j14EA-J9xeo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Beth Irving speaking at Cardiff&#039;s School Strike for Cardiff Feb 15th 2019\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j14EA-J9xeo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the second Cardiff Youth Strike for Climate Justice this Friday 15th March, EMMA ELGEE interviews Beth Irving, its 17-year-old organiser, about why people need to come out and join her. &#8220;When people tell us to go back to school or stop playing truant, I feel like screaming,&#8221; said\u00a0Beth Irving. 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