Nationals read it everywhere and the majority even experiences more than one occasions caused by the devastating impact of the ‘slowly-but-sure’ climate change issues. Starting on early October, Jakarta’s residents living nearby any body of waters prepare for a week full of floods and damp floors. Then, come all the news saying that Jakarta is sinking followed by the discourse of moving Indonesia’s capital to other less-dense place that sparks even more questions.
As the generation who will have more long-term impact, many youth comes together to march in order to raise awareness of what is happening. They specifically emphasize on how people need to get their acts together to preserve sustainable future for the next generations. The message from one of the marches ‘Fridays for Future’ spread across cities around the world, including 12 cities in Indonesia apart from Jakarta, such as Denpasar and Bengkulu.
The inspiration behind this mainly comes from the figure from the present youth movement, Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, who youth all over the world claims to show conviction that they can make a difference. Demands these days for rapid action are coming from protesters who are largely not more than 30 years old, for they would probably experience warmer and even more unpredictable climate changes in barely another 10 years.
Even younger generation understands and sees the crack amidst all the policy-making processes that followed by the inconsistent outcomes, therefore they decided to put matters on their own hands. I guess it is safe to say that everyone, regardless of their age, want to see at least consistency in government policy to support claims that they do indeed care for those who will inherit our planet Earth.
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