Tens of thousands of students from around the world will join together this month by skipping school to demand action be taken by politicians on global warming.

The global strike, dubbed School Strike 4 Climate, will take place on March 15.

"We are striking because our world leaders have yet to acknowledge, prioritize, or properly address our climate crisis,” a description of the movement read on its web site. “We are striking because if the social order is disrupted by our refusal to attend school, then the system is forced to face the climate crisis and enact change.”

The movement is inspired by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg who has been on strike outside of the Swedish parliament building every Friday since September, and supports The Green New Deal, according to a report by Sierra.

“We are striking for the Green New Deal, for a fair and just transition to a 100% renewable economy, and for ending the creation of additional fossil fuel infrastructure,” the School Strike 4 Climate web site states.

Thunberg spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 16 and told business and government leaders: “I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day.”

Thousands of students skipped class on March 1 in Hamburg during another Thunberg-led rally to call for action against global warming as part of a string of protests that have been taking place in cities across the world over recent months.

Now, children in at least two dozen countries and 30 U.S. states have planned to skip school to demand that nations commit to cutting fossil-fuel emissions in half in the next 10 years to avoid global warming, the Washington Post reported.

In New York City, Alexandria Villasenor, 13, decided last December to skip classes every Friday to sit on a bench outside the United Nations headquarters with a “School Strike 4 Climate” sign, according to a post by the Nation.

Villasenor, 15-year-old activist Isra Hirsi and Haven Coleman, 12, of Denver, Colorado have joined together to lead the U.S. School Strike 4 Climate and have gained the support of several environmental groups including Greenpeace, the Sierra Club and DoSomething.org.

While there are no specific New Jersey rallies planned, when Villasenor was asked about whether or not Garden State students should start their own or join ones planned elsewhere, she told Sierra that, “In the end, people are going to do what they want; they will call it what they want; they will strike, march, rally wherever they want. The only thing [we] can do is support them."

A list of nearby locations where strikes have been organized, including ones in Philadelphia and New York City can be found here.

This article contains material from the Associated Press.

Chris Sheldon may be reached at csheldon@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @chrisrsheldon Find NJ.com on Facebook.

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