The years since the first global school strike have not been easy to navigate \u2014 for climate activists or almost anyone else. They have seen a global pandemic, a long-overdue uprising against racial injustice in the U.S. and \u2014 most recently \u2014 a war in Ukraine that has upset the established world order. COVID-related restrictions made large climate demonstrations hard to organize, and school closures made the idea of striking from class moot. While a surge in youth voter turnout helped sweep Donald Trump from the presidency and flip the Senate blue, the Democratic Congress has failed to advance comprehensive clean energy legislation. What\u2019s more, President Biden\u2019s administration has also walked back on some of its most important climate promises.<\/p>\n
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