Young people stage ‘global climate strike’

A sign reading ‘I want a hot date, not a hot planet’ is held up in the crowd during a demonstration in Berlin (Monika Skolimowska/dpa via AP)

Youth activists have staged a coordinated “global climate strike” to highlight their fears about the effects of global warming and demand more aid for poor countries hit by wild weather.

Protesters took to the streets in Jakarta, Tokyo, Rome and Berlin carrying banners and posters with slogans such as “We are worried about the climate crisis” and “It’s not too late”.