Guardian US's 11-minute climate strike: why we devoted our front page to climate change

As thousands of US students join a global strike to demand action on climate change, Guardian US is offering extensive live coverage of the strikes - and devoted our entire front page to climate change to climate change for 11 minutes earlier today

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Today, American students from all 50 states are taking part in what could be one of the largest environment protests in history: a global school strike to demand that adults take action on climate change.

In addition to a major rally at the US Capitol and more than 70 events around the country, the actions included an 11-minute school walkout at 11am ET to draw attention to a recent UN report warning that we have just 11 years to avoid a climate change catastrophe.