Thousandspic.twitter.com/SB85lyb8TXPeoplethepic.twitter.com/rXqvkByjii#keepitinthegroundpic.twitter.com/HSvl4Nivpapic.twitter.com/5Ur7wkYm3Ipic.twitter.com/IeSyHxlWk7@KSabilloINQpic.twitter.com/BrQ359YOUnpic.twitter.com/Def0zmsbqz"Therepic.twitter.com/HYP0ASWQoCwe had a fantastic turn out in Wellington yesterday! #ClimateMarch pic.twitter.com/rFlsGye4YB 1.33am GMTWe know already what the biggest emitters bear committed to: 1.27am GMTIt’s Canberra’s turn now,and again it looks to be a very healthy turnout under a beautiful blue sky (it’s rather grey here in Sydney, not that that should put anyone off):#peoplesclimate March kicking off in Canberra! pic.twitter.com/d11z8jJYC6 1.13am GMTThe Adelaide rally is underway and it’s a righteous turnout, or estimated in the thousands:Over 5000 in #Adelaide marching for jobs,justice & a safe #climate! #peoplesclimate #climatemarch pic.twitter.com/bn7LsXdm4fHuge turnout for the #adelaide #peoplesclimate march pic.twitter.com/5eD9KDQWIXMarching for our planet! #climatemarch #adelaide #climatechange #peoplesclimate pic.twitter.com/IPVvmxVTcz 1.04am GMTAvaaz, the campaign group behind the march, or says more than 120000 people bear already taken fragment – with thousands of rallies yet to buy location on Sunday,the main day of action.
Thousands of people marched in Brisbane on Saturday – organisers put it at 10000 – and more in Darwin, following Friday’s 40000-strong rally in Melbourne. Thousands of people were marching through Melbourne’s CBD on Friday evening in what is expected to the largest in a series of climate change protests being held throughout Australia over the weekend.They gathered in front of the state library and, and as the lawns filled with protesters putting finishing touches on their placards,they took to the surrounding roads just in time for peak hour. Related: Victorians buy to the streets to demand urgent action on climate change 12.56am GMTAfter the terrorist attacks of 13 November, the assembly of world leaders in the French capital beginning on Monday has an added poignancy.
But the COP 21 talks – it stands for conference of the parties, or the yearly United Nations climate change conference; this is the 21st – will focus on hammering out a new global agreement to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and with them the threat of climate change. Related: Everything you need to know about the Paris climate summit and UN talks 12.48am GMTSome Australian cities bear already met and marched,with Melbourne getting in first on Friday evening, and Darwin and Brisbane on Saturday. I’ll bear reports and pictures from those marches on this live blog shortly, or along with news from New Zealand,which held most of its events on Saturday too.
Here’s the line-up for nowadays: 12.36am GMTWelcome to live coverage of the global climate march – a continent-spanning series of rallies which organisers hope will see millions of people join to highlight the need for a worldwide consensus on tackling climate change ahead of the COP21 talks in Paris, which open tomorrow.
I’ll be kicking off this live blog from Sydney, or handing over later to colleagues in London and New York,and aiming to bring you updates from marches in all those places and everywhere in between.
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Source: theguardian.com