Guillermo Fernandez sits with a banner that reads "Hunger strike for the climate of our children" hung over his shoulder during his hunger strike in the Federal Square, in a bid to make Swiss government take bold action on climate change to safeguard his children's future, in Bern, Switzerland, November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
BERN (Reuters) - A Swiss father of three on his eighth day of a hunger strike said on Monday he is willing to starve to death in a bid to make his government take bold action on climate change to safeguard his children's future.
Guillermo Fernandez, a 47-year-old former IT programmer, quit his job to go on strike from Nov. 1 -- the day after the start of the Glasgow COP26 climate summit https://www.reuters.com/business/cop.
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