Fridays For Future

Question 1

What is fridays for future?

Answer 1

• International movement of school students
• who skip Friday classes
• to participate in demonstrations

Question 2

What does the Movement demand ?

Answer 2

Action from political leaders to prevent climate change and for the fossil fuel industry to transition to renewable energy

Question 3

When and who did the Movement start ?

Answer 3

• 20. August 2018
• Greta Thunberg

Question 4

How did Greta Thunberg start the Movement?

Answer 4

By protesting by sitting outside the Ricksday every day during school hours with a sign that read “Skolstreik för klimatet”

Question 5

What was Greta Thunberg Motivation?

Answer 5

Heat waves and wildfires in Sweden

Question 6

What was Greta Thunberg Inspiration?

Answer 6

Teen activist at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, who organised the March for Our lives

Question 7

What was Greta Thunberg goal ?

Answer 7

To not attend school until the 2018 Sweden General election on 9th September

Question 8

What did Greta Thunberg demand ?

Answer 8

That the Swedish government reduces carbon emissions per Paris Agreement

Question 9

When was the first globale Climate Strike ?

Answer 9

15. March 2019

Question 10

When did FFF cause the biggest climate strike in world history and how many people participated ?

Answer 10

• 20. September 2019
• 4 - 7 million

Question 11

Where and when did GT hold her famous speech “How dare you”

Answer 11

• 23. September 2019
• at the UN Climate Summit in New Yorl

Question 12

What is the Motivation of the FFF movement ?

Answer 12

• Minimal effort in meeting carbon emission target
• First affected generation
• urgency
• not taken seriously

Question 13

What are the goals of the FFF movement ?

Answer 13

• spread awareness
• stop usage of fossil fuels until 2030
• 100% renewable energies until 2030
• Keep global warming below 1.5 degree Celsius
• Net- Zero emissions by 2035
• end forestation
• Demolishment of all coal-fired power plants
• CO² Tax of 180€ per ton

Question 14

What is Greta Thunberg known for?

Answer 14

Environmental activist

Question 15

What did her Asperger Syndcrome cause?

Answer 15

Deep focus on climate change since she was 8

Question 16

How did GT change her habits ?

Answer 16

• became Vegan
• no travel by plane

Question 17

How long was GT school strike ?

Answer 17

3 weeks, September 2018 before the swedish election

Question 18

Where has GT held speeches?

Answer 18

• World Economic Forum in Devos
• Switzerland
• European Parliament
• infront of legislatures of Italy
• France, UK, USA

Question 19

What do people criticise about the FFF movement?

Answer 19

• students skip school, some purposely
• “climate change doesn’t exist”
• mostly western centered
• lack of clear policy proposals