
Activists from Fridays for Future and other environmental groups are organizing marches and demonstrations in several Italian cities to protest against the government's call to get used to a Caribbean climate while an increase in oil and gas extraction is expected in the country.
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Climate activists are protesting against the government's energy policies which include an increase in gas and oil extraction, describing the current climate situation as 'very serious'.
The promoters: "We are not resigning ourselves to the Caribbean climate"
"We do not resign ourselves to a government that invites us to get used to the Caribbean climate while announcing to increase gas and oil extraction in Italy", we read in the notice convening the mobilization which sees activists marching through the streets of the main Italian cities. For the "people of Greta" the events of this summer have made the "very serious situation" even more evident while governments think about "waging wars and profits with weapons and oil".
The main parades scheduled
Among the main initiatives on the agenda on climate strike day, a procession is planned in Turin starting at 9.30 from Palazzo Nuovo while a rally is scheduled for 18.00 in Piazza Palazzo di Città. In Bologna the procession parades from Piazza Maggiore from 10:00 am followed by a demonstration at 6:00 pm in Piazza del Nettuno. In Milan, activists and volunteers meet for a protest at 5.30pm in Piazza della Scala. In Genoa a demonstration is called at 5.30 pm in Largo Eros Lanfranco. Day of demonstrations for the climate also in the capital where the Fridays for Future march in a procession starting from 5pm from Piramide to the Ministry of the Environment.

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