Giving Compass' Take:

• Global Citizen asked several young people who were protesting against climate change why they care about this cause and what it means to them. 

• Are youth engaged in thoughtful activism in your local community? Why is it important for young people to become active drivers of social change?

• Here's an article on a teen practicing climate action at Davos. 

In 30 towns and cities across the UK, young people are marching out of school and into the streets to protest against climate change.

The scale of the movement is huge, and it has been snowballing across the world after it was sparked by 15-year-old Swedish student Greta Thunberg — who has been skipping lessons every Friday to instead protest outside the Swedish parliament.

Already, tens of thousands of young people in countries like Belgium, Switzerland, the US, Australia, and more have launched protests and demonstrations to make governments listen up.

Read the full article about young people protesting against climate change by James Hitchings-Hales and Imogen Calderwood at Global Citizen