Children across the UK go on strike to demand action on climate

Pupils to declare December vote a 'climate election' as data highlights urgency of crisis

Children and young people in more than 100 towns and cities across the UK are walking out of classrooms on Friday for the latest youth strike to highlight the escalating climate crisis.

Strikers are focusing on the polls next month, which they have pledged to make a "climate election" by demonstrating the growing public concern about the ecological crisis.