A protester on Friday's climate strike protest in Parliament Square, London, carrying a placard. The analogy of politicians doing nothing while our home is burning is not new but it is an effective reminder of the imminent existential crisis faced by the planet and humankind, with little if any time left to begin to implement policies to drastically reduce emissions.

We need to #uprootthesystem - While I didn't ask the protester with the placard what precise meaning he wanted to convey, it seems obvious that we need to challenge the global corporate political system if we are to implement effective measures to combat climate change.

As part of coordinated protest action by tens of thousands of people worldwide, demonstrators took to the streets to demand urgent action to tackle the existential threat of catastrophic climate change. In London, several hundred protesters, many of them students, met in Parliament Square before marching to the Home Office. All part of the Fridays for Future campaign.

We need to "uproot the system" - While I didn't ask the protester with the placard what precise meaning she wanted to convey, it seems obvious that we need to challenge the global corporate political system if we are to implement effective measures to combat climate change.

As part of coordinated protest action by tens of thousands of people worldwide, demonstrators took to the streets to demand urgent action to tackle the existential threat of catastrophic climate change. In London, several hundred protesters, many of them students, met in Parliament Square before marching to the Home Office. All part of the Fridays for Future campaign.

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered on August 16, 2022 at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered on October 18, 2022 at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

5 November 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom: Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks as thousands of climate activists rally on George's Square in Glasgow. Under a 'call to #UprootTheSystem', Fridays for Future mobilized tens of thousands of people from all walks of life in a climate strike in Glasgow on 5 November - Youth and Public Empowerment Day at COP26 - 'seeking to address ecological and social crises at their roots by placing most affected people and areas at the center of the struggle and struggling for a society that places people and planet over profit.' Glasgow hosts the United Nations climate change conference COP26, where world leaders gather to negotiate a response to the ongoing climate crisis and emergency. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Globaler Klimastreik Berlin am 24.09.2021

#AlleFürsKlima #UprootTheSystem

Rund 100.000 Menschen beteiligten sich beim Globalen Klimastreik in Berlin an der Kundgebung vor dem Bundestag sowie auf der Demonstration durchs Regierungsviertel. Veranstaltet von Fridays For Future Berlin und unterstützt von zahlreichen weiteren Organisationen setzten die Demonstrant:innen damit kurz vor der Bundestagswahl am 26.09. ein starkes Zeichen für eine echte Klimaschutzpolitik, die die Klimakrise nicht länger ignoriert, sondern handelt.

Bei der Kundgebung hielten viele Aktivist:innen kämpferische Reden, u.a. auch Greta Thunberg und Luisa Neubauer. Zwischen Redebeiträgen spielten Bands wie Brass Riot, Emily Roberts, Clueso und weitere Musiker:innen.

Auf dem Foto: Eine Sprecherin von Scientists For Future

Der Globale Klimastreik fand weltweit in über 80 Staaten und allein in Deutschland in über 440 Städten statt.

© Bernd Sauer-Diete

Members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered on October 18, 2022 at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Thousands of school kids took part in the School Strike for Climate on March 25, 2022 in New York City. The students held a rally at Brooklyn Borough Hall and marched over the Brooklyn Bridge to Foley Square to bring attention to the inaction of city and state officials to face the current climate emergency. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On March 7, 2023 members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building in Manhattan, this time with a billboard truck exposing Fox lies. Activists are pushing back against -what they call- Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine. As Fox News lies keep getting exposed by filings in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

5 November 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom: Climate activist Greta Thunberg marches in Glasgow, as under a 'call to #UprootTheSystem', Fridays for Future mobilized tens of thousands of people from all walks of life in a climate strike in Glasgow on 5 November - Youth and Public Empowerment Day at COP26 - 'seeking to address ecological and social crises at their roots by placing most affected people and areas at the center of the struggle and struggling for a society that places people and planet over profit.' Glasgow hosts the United Nations climate change conference COP26, where world leaders gather to negotiate a response to the ongoing climate crisis and emergency. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Thousands of school kids took part in the School Strike for Climate on March 25, 2022 in New York City. The students held a rally at Brooklyn Borough Hall and marched over the Brooklyn Bridge to Foley Square to bring attention to the inaction of city and state officials to face the current climate emergency. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered on August 9, 2022 at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered on August 9, 2022 at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

5 November 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom: A group of young children speak out to stop climate change, as under a 'call to #UprootTheSystem', Fridays for Future mobilized tens of thousands of people from all walks of life in a climate strike in Glasgow on 5 November - Youth and Public Empowerment Day at COP26 - 'seeking to address ecological and social crises at their roots by placing most affected people and areas at the center of the struggle and struggling for a society that places people and planet over profit.' Glasgow hosts the United Nations climate change conference COP26, where world leaders gather to negotiate a response to the ongoing climate crisis and emergency. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

On March 7, 2023 members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building in Manhattan, this time with a billboard truck exposing Fox lies. Activists are pushing back against -what they call- Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine. As Fox News lies keep getting exposed by filings in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered on August 16, 2022 at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Globaler Klimastreik Berlin am 24.09.2021

#AlleFürsKlima #UprootTheSystem

Rund 100.000 Menschen beteiligten sich beim Globalen Klimastreik in Berlin an der Kundgebung vor dem Bundestag sowie auf der Demonstration durchs Regierungsviertel. Veranstaltet von Fridays For Future Berlin und unterstützt von zahlreichen weiteren Organisationen setzten die Demonstrant:innen damit kurz vor der Bundestagswahl am 26.09. ein starkes Zeichen für eine echte Klimaschutzpolitik, die die Klimakrise nicht länger ignoriert, sondern handelt.

Bei der Kundgebung hielten viele Aktivist:innen kämpferische Reden, u.a. auch Greta Thunberg und Luisa Neubauer. Zwischen Redebeiträgen spielten Bands wie Brass Riot, Emily Roberts, Clueso und weitere Musiker:innen.

Der Globale Klimastreik fand weltweit in über 80 Staaten und allein in Deutschland in über 440 Städten statt.

© Bernd Sauer-Diete

5 November 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom: A woman holds a sign reading 'I might be SMALL, but I can make a DIFFERENCE', as under a 'call to #UprootTheSystem', Fridays for Future mobilized tens of thousands of people from all walks of life in a climate strike in Glasgow on 5 November - Youth and Public Empowerment Day at COP26 - 'seeking to address ecological and social crises at their roots by placing most affected people and areas at the center of the struggle and struggling for a society that places people and planet over profit.' Glasgow hosts the United Nations climate change conference COP26, where world leaders gather to negotiate a response to the ongoing climate crisis and emergency. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Thousands of school kids took part in the School Strike for Climate on March 25, 2022 in New York City. The students held a rally at Brooklyn Borough Hall and marched over the Brooklyn Bridge to Foley Square to bring attention to the inaction of city and state officials to face the current climate emergency. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

5 November 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom: Climate activist Greta Thunberg marches with a sign reading 'Fridays for Future', as under a 'call to #UprootTheSystem', Fridays for Future mobilized tens of thousands of people from all walks of life in a climate strike in Glasgow on 5 November - Youth and Public Empowerment Day at COP26 - 'seeking to address ecological and social crises at their roots by placing most affected people and areas at the center of the struggle and struggling for a society that places people and planet over profit.' Glasgow hosts the United Nations climate change conference COP26, where world leaders gather to negotiate a response to the ongoing climate crisis and emergency. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Thousands of school kids took part in the School Strike for Climate on March 25, 2022 in New York City. The students held a rally at Brooklyn Borough Hall and marched over the Brooklyn Bridge to Foley Square to bring attention to the inaction of city and state officials to face the current climate emergency. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

5 November 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom: Sitting in a window as people march by, a group of girls hold a sign reading 'No planet B', as under a 'call to #UprootTheSystem', Fridays for Future mobilized tens of thousands of people from all walks of life in a climate strike in Glasgow on 5 November - Youth and Public Empowerment Day at COP26 - 'seeking to address ecological and social crises at their roots by placing most affected people and areas at the center of the struggle and struggling for a society that places people and planet over profit.' Glasgow hosts the United Nations climate change conference COP26, where world leaders gather to negotiate a response to the ongoing climate crisis and emergency. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

5 November 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom: A girl dressed in school uniform holds a sign reading 'We'd be in school if the world was cool', as under a 'call to #UprootTheSystem', Fridays for Future mobilized tens of thousands of people from all walks of life in a climate strike in Glasgow on 5 November - Youth and Public Empowerment Day at COP26 - 'seeking to address ecological and social crises at their roots by placing most affected people and areas at the center of the struggle and struggling for a society that places people and planet over profit.' Glasgow hosts the United Nations climate change conference COP26, where world leaders gather to negotiate a response to the ongoing climate crisis and emergency. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Thousands of school kids took part in the School Strike for Climate on March 25, 2022 in New York City. The students held a rally at Brooklyn Borough Hall and marched over the Brooklyn Bridge to Foley Square to bring attention to the inaction of city and state officials to face the current climate emergency. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Globaler Klimastreik Berlin am 24.09.2021

#AlleFürsKlima #UprootTheSystem

Rund 100.000 Menschen beteiligten sich beim Globalen Klimastreik in Berlin an der Kundgebung vor dem Bundestag sowie auf der Demonstration durchs Regierungsviertel. Veranstaltet von Fridays For Future Berlin und unterstützt von zahlreichen weiteren Organisationen setzten die Demonstrant:innen damit kurz vor der Bundestagswahl am 26.09. ein starkes Zeichen für eine echte Klimaschutzpolitik, die die Klimakrise nicht länger ignoriert, sondern handelt.

Bei der Kundgebung hielten viele Aktivist:innen kämpferische Reden, u.a. auch Greta Thunberg und Luisa Neubauer. Zwischen Redebeiträgen spielten Bands wie Brass Riot, Emily Roberts, Clueso und weitere Musiker:innen.

Der Globale Klimastreik fand weltweit in über 80 Staaten und allein in Deutschland in über 440 Städten statt.

© Bernd Sauer-Diete

Members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered on October 18, 2022 at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Globaler Klimastreik Berlin am 24.09.2021

#AlleFürsKlima #UprootTheSystem

Rund 100.000 Menschen beteiligten sich beim Globalen Klimastreik in Berlin an der Kundgebung vor dem Bundestag sowie auf der Demonstration durchs Regierungsviertel. Veranstaltet von Fridays For Future Berlin und unterstützt von zahlreichen weiteren Organisationen setzten die Demonstrant:innen damit kurz vor der Bundestagswahl am 26.09. ein starkes Zeichen für eine echte Klimaschutzpolitik, die die Klimakrise nicht länger ignoriert, sondern handelt.

Bei der Kundgebung hielten viele Aktivist:innen kämpferische Reden, u.a. auch Greta Thunberg und Luisa Neubauer. Zwischen Redebeiträgen spielten Bands wie Brass Riot, Emily Roberts, Clueso und weitere Musiker:innen.

Auf dem Foto: Clueso

Der Globale Klimastreik fand weltweit in über 80 Staaten und allein in Deutschland in über 440 Städten statt.

© Bernd Sauer-Diete

Members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered on August 9, 2022 at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

As part of Earth Week, activists from Rise and Resist, Truth Tuesdays and Extinction Rebellion gathered in the public space in front of Fox Headquarters in Manhattan on April 19, 2022 to protest the network's ongoing propagation of dangerous climate lies. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered on August 16, 2022 at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)