Students Skip School With Pre-Signed ‘Climate Doctor’s Certificates’

While the students did not have medical sickness, academics said that climate sickness was also a valid reason to take a day off.

‘Take a sick day for a sick planet,’ a climate justice network said to school children. Jenny Evans/Getty Images

Students walked out of school for a day to strike for climate change across Australia, armed with pre-signed climate doctor’s certificates from prominent professors such as internationally recognised expert on climate change David Karoly.

The strike on Nov. 17, organised by School Strike 4 Climate, aimed to push the government to prevent climate change and for the fossil fuel industry to transition to renewable energy.