Climate protesters demand end to fossils fuels as Earth heats up

Several global heat records have been broken this year (AP)

Tens of thousands of climate activists around the world are calling for an end to the burning of fossil fuels as the globe suffers dramatic weather extremes and record-breaking heat.

A strike – driven by several mostly youth-led, local and global climate groups and organisations, including Greta Thunberg’s Fridays for Future movement – will take place in dozens of countries and in hundreds of cities worldwide and continue through the weekend.