- Title: U.S. Representative Ocasio-Cortez joins Copenhagen climate protest
- Date: 11th October 2019
- Summary: COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (OCTOBER 11, 2019) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** STAGE AT CLIMATE PROTEST (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ, SAYING: "Hello Denmark. Hello Copenhagen. Thank you, thank you for all of your activism. It is so incredible to see the thousands of people out here in the rain, under umbrellas, doing whatever it takes to fight for our future and ensure that we have a just and equitable planet for all people and our children." VARIOUS OF YOUNG CLIMATE ACTIVISTS ON STATE HOLDING SIGNS SIGN READING (ENGLISH): "THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF OUR TIME" (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ, SAYING: "We will not get climate action when it comes to - we are fighting and standing up against all of the fossil fuel interests, against high carbon industries, against Wall Street, against the one percent, against the authoritarians, against (Brazilian President Jair) Bolsonaro, against (U.S. President) Donald Trump. We will not... we cannot and will not win by sitting back at home. The way we fight big money is with people and massive movements united across the world." MAN HOLDING SIGN READING (ENGLISH): "STAND UP SPEAK UP" YOUNG CLIMATE ACTIVISTS STANDING ON STAGE APPLAUDING ACTIVISTS STANDING ON STAGE
- Embargoed: 25th October 2019 19:03
- Keywords: People's Climate March C40 World Mayors Summit Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez climate change
- Location: COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
- City: COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
- Country: Denmark
- Topics: Environment,Climate Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001B0NNC5J
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- Story Text: U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addressed hundreds of protesters gathered for a "People's Climate March" in Copenhagen on Friday (October 11) as mayors from 94 world cities, home to some 700 million people, met in the Danish capital to discuss their cities' green transitions.
A rising political star and leader of the progressive left, Ocasio-Cortez thanked the crowd for turning up outside Copenhagen's City Hall despite heavy rain before delivering a speech highly critical of U.S. President Donald Trump, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and wealthy polluters.
Ocasio-Cortez's bold stance on climate policy and her strong social media presence have launched her to celebrity status among progressives in the U.S. and around the world.
The sweeping climate policy resolution, "Green New Deal", unveiled earlier this year by Ocasio-Cortez and U.S. Senator Edward Markey, marked the first formal attempt by U.S. lawmakers to define potential legislation to create government-led investments in clean energy and infrastructure to transition the U.S. economy away from fossil fuels.
During the second day of the C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen, mayors called for urgent global action to tackle climate change that could see hundreds of coastal metropolises swamped with water.
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