Hundreds of people gathered in Newcastle city centre this afternoon to demand more action to address the climate crisis.
As world leaders met in Egypt for the COP27 Global UN Climate Summit, mass mobilisations in towns and cities across the world took to the streets to demand that governments do more to tackle climate change. At 12pm, demonstrators met at Newcastle's Grey's Monument to take part in a rally organised by North East Climate Justice Coalition.
People assembled from 11.45am to hear from a number of key speakers on the issue, including North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll, Divest Tyne & Wear representative Anne-Marie Soulsby and Youth Climate Strike activists. Many who gathered held flags and banners displaying messages such as "The seas are rising and so are we", "Don't COP out" and "Tick-tock no time to delay".
