Sydney, Nov 29 (AFP/APP): Protesters in smoke-covered Sydney kicked off a fresh round of global protests against climate change on Friday, with activists and schoolchildren picketing the headquarters of bushfire-ravaged Australia’s ruling party. Hundreds of people gathered at the conservative Liberal party’s offices, as protesters in several Asia-Pacific cities heeded the call to action from 16-year-old climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg. The protests have taken on extra urgency in Australia — the country’s southeast has been devastated by hundreds of damaging bushfires in recent weeks. The protesters — brandishing placards that read “You’re burning our future” and chanting “we will rise” — turned out as Sydney was again enveloped in toxic smoke caused by the fires that have blanketed the city for much of the last month. Six people have died and hundreds of homes have been destroyed in the crisis, which scientists say has been worsened by rising temperatures. Life Tips by Mehreen: How to Combat Depression? Drought and unseasonably hot, dry and windy conditions have fuelled the unprecedented blazes. The target of the protesters’ ire was Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who has angrily denied any link between the fires and climate change while defending his support for fossil … Continue reading Global climate protests kick off in smoke-covered Sydney