In Pictures: Millions join strike for climate action
Children and young people across the country have walked out of lessons and lectures. Children and young people across the country have walked out of lessons and lectures.
Protests have taken place around the world calling for action to avert environmental catastrophe.
From London to Sydney, here’s a look at some of the millions of people joining the global youth climate strike.
Climate strike A ‘polar bear’ joined children from the Terra Nova secondary school in Cheshire to demand action to stop global warming (Peter Byrne/PA) Climate strike A protester at Millbank in London held up a poster of climate activist Greta Thunberg (Gareth Fuller/PA) Climate strike Thousands gathered on the unseasonally hot September day in Victoria Park Gardens to warn against global warming (Jonathan Brady/PA) Climate strike A younger protester needed a lie-down as handmade posters warned of the need to tackle climate change (Gareth Fuller/PA) Climate strike Students at a large protest in Manchester expressed their anger at Donald Trump (Peter Byrne/PA) Climate strike There was a big turn-out at the protest in Cambridge (Joe Giddens/PA) Climate strike Protesters in the city later held a ‘die-in’ to warn about the threat to the planet (Joe Giddens/PA) Climate strike Young and old also took to the streets of Birmingham (Jacob King/PA) Climate strike Protesters in Cullercoats, Tyneside, staged their protest at the seaside (Owen Humphreys/PA) Climate strike Pupils from Colaiste Bride School made their point with striking posters at a protest in Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA)
