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POWERING STUDENT PASSION AND
                                                                                                COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT

                                                                                                Organisers of the Strike4Climate event in 2019
                                                                                                estimated that over 300,000 people attended 100
                                                                                                rallies across the country.


                                                                                                Worldwide, strikes gathered roughly 4 million
                                                                                                protesters, many of them schoolchildren, including
                                                                                                1.4 million people on strike in Germany.

                                                                                                These were likely the largest climate strikes in world
                                                                                                history.


                                                                                                Clearly young people in communities across the world
                                                                                                are passionate about the future of the planet, and are
                                                                                                committed to working with others to protect it.


                                                                                                2040 LIVE is a platform that powers and fuels the
                                                                                                passion and commitment young people have to the
                                                                                                environment, and houses a global community where
                                                                                                like-minded people can share ideas, learn from others
                                                                                                and build awareness.
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