Thousands meet their MPs to show huge demand for climate action

Mass lobby in Westminster is kicked off with giant image on cliffs of Dover stating 89% of people want climate action'

More than 5,000 people from across the UK arrived in Westminster on Wednesday to meet their MPs and demand urgent climate action to protect their communities.

The mass lobby is one of the largest to date. The constituents, including parents and pensioners, doctors, teachers, farmers and youth campaigners, have arranged to lobby at least 500 MPs, about 80% of the total.