By Sammie Jones -
Thousands of people are protesting climate change across the UK. School pupils and workers have joined the strike which is spreading wide and gone as far as the U.S where similar protests are taking place.
Millions around the world engaged in rallies in British cities including Glasgow, Manchester and London, urging “climate justice”. Campaigners and workers joined the global climate strikes which look set to be the largest environmental protests in history once the figures are confirmed.
According to organisers, an estimated 100,000 people took part in a rally in central London, with more than 20,000 thought to have marched in Edinburgh and 10,000 in Brighton as crowds flocked on to the streets around the UK.Amazon ordered 100,000 delivery vans as the global giant company vowed to be carbon neutral by 2040.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn addressed the climate change protest in Westminster, saying: “If we’re going to sustain this planet we need to get to net zero emissions a lot, lot quicker than 2050 [the government’s target].”
Corbyn called for every country to sign up to the Paris Agreement, directing a personal attack to President Donald Trump in the process of his impassioned plea. He described the state of affair as “disgraceful when you get a president of a major country like the U.S” who says they will walk away.
The Paris deal commits signatory nations to keeping global temperatures “well below” 2.0C (3.6F) above pre-industrial times and “endeavour to limit” them even more, to 1.5C.
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