FILE PHOTO: New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrives at Downing Street in London, Britain, January 21, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave her support on Wednesday to a youth movement urging government action to tackle climate change ahead of protests by students across the world later this week.
Thousands of school children in Australia and New Zealand intend to skip school and protest on Friday as part of similar action by students worldwide taking their cue from 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.
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