Readers donate more than £42,000 during Guardian telethon

So far 400,000 has been raised for charities that promote environmental solutions to climate crisis

Generous Guardian and Observer readers donated over 42,000 to the climate emergency charity appeal during the papers' annual charity telethon on Saturday, pushing the overall total to more than 400,000.

A team of journalists and editors, including the editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, George Monbiot, Owen Jones, Gary Younge, John Crace and Marina Hyde took hundreds of calls from readers as the Guardian newsroom turned into a pop-up call centre between 10am and 6pm.