Swiss clamor for U.N.-led climate action

Up to 100,000 people turned out for Switzerland’s largest-ever climate demonstration to insist on fulfilling the U.N.-brokered goals to cut greenhouse gases.

By Arete News - September 28, 2019

Climate protesters at Bern’s Bundesplatz, or Federal Square, in front of Swiss parliament on Saturday (AN/Clarisa Gaines)

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