A person holds an earth globe during the Global Climate Strike of the Fridays for Future movement in Sao Paulo, Brazil September 20, 2019. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of Brazilians demanded action on climate change on Friday, taking aim in nationwide protests at President Jair Bolsonaro who they say is allowing fires to destroy the Amazon rainforest, worsening the environmental crisis.
Global anxiety that not enough is being done on climate change has focussed on Brazil since August when it was revealed that fires in the Amazon have surged to their highest level since 2010.
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