Student-led #Fridays4Future climate strikes held across the province on Sept. 20 and Sept. 27 received widespread media attention, with the Conservation Council weighing in to offer support for student strikers and recommendations to government on climate solutions.
CBC New Brunswick Evening News led its Sept. 27 broadcast with the strikes. Students led marches or climate actions in more than half a dozen communities in New Brunswick, including a march and rally with upwards of 1,300 students in Fredericton.
Watch the CBC coverage here. The segment starts around the 1:15 mark.
Conservation Council consultant Louise Comeau spoke to host Harry Forrestell about what government should do to act on climate change during the same broadcast. Her segment begins around the 27:45 mark.
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Conservation Council intern Daniel Nunes spoke with the CBC’s Logan Perley during the climate action at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton on Sept. 20.
“What we wanted to do here in Fredericton is take Greta [Thunberg]’s message and just disseminate it among students and also just provide them a chance to speak on climate change and vocalize their concerns,” Nunes said. Read the full story here.
Nunes was also quoted in CBC radio’s The House program on Sept. 21. Listen to that program here.
Global News New Brunswick’s Megan Yamoah spoke to Conservation Council Executive Director Lois Corbett about the student climate strikes and the IPCC’s new report on the oceans and cryosphere. The story aired Thursday, Sept. 26.
Corbett applauded students and New Brunswickers of all ages for standing up to demand climate action. She also reiterated comments made earlier by our Fundy Baykeeper, Matt Abbott, about the stark message contained in the IPCC report.
“It’s over half a billion dollar industry, our fishing industry [in New Brunswick]. So the economy of communities all around our three coasts depend on a vibrant, healthy ocean,” Corbett said.