On March 3 school students and community members will be gathering in Victory Park for a climate rally and march as part of a global movement.
People worldwide will join together to strike in hopes of putting pressure on the Australian government to do more about climate change.
According to local activist Gigi Dores, Australia is still funding tens of billions of dollars annually despite the country’s commitment to the Paris agreement.
“These are destroying First Nation’s land and worsening the climate crisis. We are not on track to meet the Paris agreement and the federal government’s continued support of fossil fuels is an enormous factor in that failure,” Gigi stated.
“Actions are being taken across the nation and the world in line with the global strike date to demand people in power take more responsibility for our future and make sure that global warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius.”
School students and other concerned members of the community are inviting people to join the gathering at 1.30pm on Friday March 3 at Victory Park in Castlemaine to join the fight against a worsening climate crisis.