Greta Thunberg Instagram – School strike week 199. Today, @malala , Afghan art activist @olyamrd , activists from @fridaysforfuture and @riseupmovement1 came together in Stockholm at our weekly strike on Mynttorget, to share and learn about the link between girls’ education and climate action — and to stand in solidarity with all Afghan girl activists who are banned from learning and unable to continue their climate work. A Malala Fund report from last year estimates that If current trends continue, by 2025 climate change will be a contributing factor in preventing at least 12,5 million girls from completing their education each year. Research shows that countries that have invested in girls’ education have suffered far fewer losses from droughts and floods than countries with lower levels of girls’ education. Young people are left to solve too many problems. To make all our calls for action even stronger, movements should together and remind leaders that so many of the issues young people are fighting for are interconnected. Right now in Afghanistan, girls are not allowed to go to school because of the Taliban’s ban on girls’ secondary education. Many activists from Afghanistan were fighting alongside us for the future of our planet – and now for the right to education. Afghanistan is amongst the lowest emitters of greenhouse gases per capita, but one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. Since the Taliban takeover, young Afghan women and girls have lost their basic right to go to school, which means girls’ futures are lost and so is their immense potential to innovate sustainable solutions. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn #EducateGirlsForClimateJustice #RiseUpMovement #FridaysForFuture #RöstFörRättvisa #PeopleNotProfit #ClimateStrike Parliament House, Stockholm