Protesters Take to the Streets to Sound Alarm on Climate Change Across the World Radio Australia
go to original September 22, 2014

Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of New York City Sunday to call for more action to combat global warming, in what organizers are calling the largest climate change march in history. (ReasonTV)

An international day of action on climate change brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets of New York City, easily exceeding organizers' hopes for the largest protest on the issue in history.

Organizers estimated that 310,000 people attended the city's People's Climate March ahead of Tuesday's UN-hosted summit, which is set to discuss carbon emissions.

United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, former US vice president Al Gore, actor Leonardo DiCaprio and elected officials from the US and abroad joined the march, which was one of 2,000 held around the world demanding urgent action on climate change.

Organizers said 550 busloads of people had arrived for the rally, which followed marches in 166 countries including Australia, Britain, France, Afghanistan, Mexico and Bulgaria.

...Ban, wearing a blue t-shirt that read "I'm for climate action" marched arm-in-arm with primatologist Jane Goodall and French ecology minister Segolene Royal.

"This is the planet where our subsequent generations will live," Ban told reporters. "There is no Plan B, because we do not have Planet B."

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