My Name Is…

A new documentary series which each week focuses on one individual with experience of an issue in the news - telling their story and following them as they ask difficult questions and try to map out potential solutions.

Seventeen year-old Londoner Noga Levy-Rapoport is helping to organise UK-wide school strikes as part of a growing global campaign for action on climate change.

The London sixth former was inspired to act after 16 year-old Greta Thunberg began skipping classes to sit outside government buildings last September. She accused Sweden of not following the Paris Climate Agreement and her protests inspired tens of thousands of children across the globe to hold their own demonstrations.

Noga didn’t intend on become a leader of UK-wide protests, but the February strike UK day saw thousands of schoolchildren and young people walk out of classes and in London they needed some direction. As youngsters gathered on the grass she stepped forward and took charge, with protestors snaking behind her as they headed for Trafalgar Square.

Her actions catapulted her centre stage into what is now a growing movement, and the programme follows her as she plans the March 15 strike day and urges parliament to tackle the escalating ecological crisis.

Through these recordings, Noga discusses the preparations and the lead-up to the global strikes - the biggest environmental protest that students have organised and taken part in.

Noga says she will continue to organise the actions until there is climate justice and takes her message to delegates attending the International Petroleum Conference in London. She speaks to her MP and liaises with those pioneering new approaches, whilst also promoting individual changes to friends and neighbours.

• Producer: Sue Mitchell for BBC Radio 4

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