VIDEO School kids around the world used Climate Strike Day as an excuse to skip school. Here are some of the amusing highlights of those rallies. Of course, had it not been for the opportunity to skip school, over 99% of the students there would be absent. The big hero of Climate Strike Day is Alan Jones, a Sky News Australia broadcaster who perfectly pointed out the extreme hypocrisy of those participating in Climate Strike Day. Kudos to him for daring to speak the truth.