COP26: Fridays for Future climate march in Glasgow in photos

Demonstrators at Kelvin Way ahead of the Fridays for Future, Scotland march through Glasgow — Image caption,
It's day six of the COP26 climate summit and thousands of children are taking part in today's climate march through Glasgow.

A demonstrator at the Fridays for Future march

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Fridays for Future started when Greta Thunberg started standing outside the Swedish parliament with a sign that said "school strike for climate" in August 2018. Other activists followed and it is now a global movement with children all over the world taking part.

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Its estimated thousands of people are taking part. The organisers told the BBC they want the leaders at COP26 to see the march and "think ‘Wow, young people are really passionate about this. We need to be passionate about this.'"

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Some children have hand-made signs asking the people in charge to take action.

Activists attend the Fridays for Future student march to demand action from world leaders to combat the climate change crisis on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26.

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Young people around the world will suffer the worst affects of climate change if nothing is done to stop it.

A child holds up a sign at the climate march in Glasgow.

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Lots of children will be missing school to take part in today's march. Glasgow City Council has told the BBC that children skipping school to attend won't get in trouble as long as the parents tell their schools that they are going to be absent.

Philip, 10, was on his first protest. He told the BBC "I came here today because I want my future to be good and I want everyone else's future to be good."

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The march, which is organised by Fridays for Future in Scotland, started at Kelvingrove park in the West of Glasgow and finished in the city's St George's square where activists like Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate spoke to the crowds.

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