NSW Council of Social Service is supporting community involvement in the "School Strike 4 Climate" rally on September 20.
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The NSW peak body for health and community services, NCOSS, said the strike was part of a worldwide event with millions of people expected to strike in more than 150 countries.
Strikes will be held in Australia's capital cities and in the Far South Coast, strikes are planned for Moruya, Ulladulla, Bega, Eden and Nowra.
The service said the strike would occur three days before the UN Climate Summit would be held in New York, which aimed to accelerate actions to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
"We know that people in poverty will be significantly impacted by the climate emergency and we are urging our political leaders to take greater action," NCOSS CEO, Joanna Quilty said.
"The immediate and longer-term impacts on people throughout NSW are real and have a big impact on our health, safety and prosperity.
"We cannot go on in a business-as-usual way and this strike is designed to jolt our political leaders into really listening to the community and acting on the overwhelming evidence.
"NCOSS supports those planning to strike and urges the NSW community to support greater action on tackling the climate emergency."
The service said the "School Strike 4 Climate" movement, started by teenager Greta Thunberg, spread rapidly across the world over the past twelve months, including a strike in March that attracted 1.4 million people across the world.
It said the community sector could now join in.
"A new approach is required which focuses on a response centred around human rights, equity and justice. It is essential that NSW and the community sector is part of this movement," Ms Quilty said.
"Rising sea levels, extreme weather events and prolonged drought force entire communities to lose or move away from their homes every year in search of food, water, shelter or jobs.
"We need people power to unite and grow the huge wave of action all over the world, to help our most vulnerable and protect our planet. Time is running out, we need to act now."
For more information, go to: www.schoolstrike4climate.com
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