Victorians take to the streets to demand urgent action on climate change

Thousands of people march through Melbourne's city centre in one of many climate change protests that will take place across the world this weekend

Thousands of people were marching through Melbourne's CBD on Friday evening in what is expected to the largest in a series of climate change protests being held throughout Australia over the weekend.

They gathered in front of the state library and, as the lawns filled with protesters putting finishing touches on their placards, they took to the surrounding roads just in time for peak hour.