This gallery combines photos that we made over the course of three Marches for Climate that we attended in Toulouse in the years 2021 and 2022.
28 mars 2021 : Marche pour une vraie Loi Climat
9 mai 2021 : Marche pour le climat
12 mars 2022 : « Look up ! » - Marche pour le climat
For the few years that we have been photographing the Climate Marches, we have noticed that the number of demonstrators is decreasing. And this while the reports from the IPCC keep alerting us to the gravity of the situation (reports August 2021 and 2022). In the processions we have witnessed a certain weariness, even discouragement.
In June 2022, while we were finalizing this story, a young activist, Alizé, tied herself to the center court net of the Roland Garros tennis tournament, during a semi-final match. She wore a T-shirt that read "1028 days left". On the Twitter account of her collective "Dernière Rénovation" she said: "Nobody gives a fuck when we do walks ... ".
- 28 March 2021, Toulouse: March for a real Climate Law
On Sunday, March 28, against the lack of real substance of the draft "Climate and Resilience Law", more than six hundred organizations have called for demonstrations throughout France. Here is a tribune signed by personalities to demand a "real climate law" and a press article summarizing the context before the government's bill goes before the National Assembly:
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/environnement/convention-citoyenne-sur-le-climat/tribune-plus-de-200-personnalites-politiques-exigent-une-vraie-loi-pour-le-climat_4347053.amp
https://www.nouvelobs.com/topnews/20210327.AFP6971/loi-climat-les-ecolos-dans-la-rue-dimanche-le-texte-dans-l-hemicycle-lundi.html
- 9 May 2021, Toulouse: March for the Climate
In Toulouse, one or two thousand people marched to demand a more ambitious Climate Law before the bill is now examined by the Senate. Here is a press article about this march:
https://www.ladepeche.fr/2021/05/09/toulouse-les-jeunes-en-tete-de-cortege-lors-du-defile-pour-une-loi-climat-plus-ambitieuse-9535334.php
- 12 March 2022, Toulouse : The Great Look Up March for the Climate
One month before the presidential elections, a new Climate March is organized at the national level: "Look Up March". A nod to the recent film "Don't Look Up", an American comedy-drama about the end of the world that caused a huge stir when it was released. This demonstration which gathers more than a thousand people takes place during the big week of actions for the climate which is held in Toulouse.
Here is a press article covering the march:
https://www.nouvelobs.com/politique/20220312.AFP8388/on-en-parle-quand-manifestations-pour-que-le-climat-pese-dans-la-presidentielle.html
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This gallery combines photos that we made over the course of three Marches for Climate that we attended in Toulouse in the years 2021 and 2022.
28 mars 2021 : Marche pour une vraie Loi Climat
9 mai 2021 : Marche pour le climat
12 mars 2022 : « Look up ! » - Marche pour le climat
For the few years that we have been photographing the Climate Marches, we have noticed that the number of demonstrators is decreasing. And this while the reports from the IPCC keep alerting us to the gravity of the situation (reports August 2021 and 2022). In the processions we have witnessed a certain weariness, even discouragement.
In June 2022, while we were finalizing this story, a young activist, Alizé, tied herself to the center court net of the Roland Garros tennis tournament, during a semi-final match. She wore a T-shirt that read "1028 days left". On the Twitter account of her collective "Dernière Rénovation" she said: "Nobody gives a fuck when we do walks ... ".
- 28 March 2021, Toulouse: March for a real Climate Law
On Sunday, March 28, against the lack of real substance of the draft "Climate and Resilience Law", more than six hundred organizations have called for demonstrations throughout France. Here is a tribune signed by personalities to demand a "real climate law" and a press article summarizing the context before the government's bill goes before the National Assembly: