21 Sep 2014

On the streets with the People’s Climate March

Tens of thousands of people across 150 countries take to the streets to call for action on climate change. Join Channel 4 News at the London march, and see pictures from around the world.

Amongst celebrity campaigners who joined the London march were Emma Thompson (see Vine, above), Peter Gabriel and Vivienne Westwood. They joined more than a thousand people demonstrating ahead of a UN climate change summit this week.

Science Editor Tom Clarke blogs: Climate change: can the UN break the deadlock?

Climate change: can the UN break the deadlock?

Protests have also been taking place across the world, in cities including New York, Istanbul, and New Delhi.

You can see Channel 4 News Vines and Instagram pictures from the London march below, as well as pictures and video from around the world.

London

Global

Among celebrities out in New York, where the UN climate summit is being held, was Leonardo DiCaprio who joined Ban Ki-moon in saying that now is the “pivotal turning point” in the battle against climate change (see video, above)

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