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TEHRAN, Apr 07 - Former US president Barack Obama, visiting Berlin on Saturday, hailed weekly protests by youths against climate change, saying "the sooner you start, the better."
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The Friday protests involve schoolchildren and teens and have been inspired by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg.
"Things change when we strongly mobilise," Obama said. "Our planet on which we live is in danger. We can’t succeed by sitting back and waiting for someone else to do it".
Obama, who left the White House in 2017 after two terms, was in Germany to promote his foundation.
He signed the Paris climate accord in 2015 which calls for capping global warming at "well below" two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) but the planet is currently on track to heat up by double that figure.
His successor Donald Trump decided in June last year to withdraw the accord.
Source: AFP
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