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| Climate change campaigners rally | Climate change campaigners rally |
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| Environmental campaigners are rallying in central London to demand urgent government action on climate change. | Environmental campaigners are rallying in central London to demand urgent government action on climate change. |
| Protesters have assembled for a planned march from Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park to Westminster. | Protesters have assembled for a planned march from Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park to Westminster. |
| They are asking for any plans for a controversial third runway at Heathrow to be scrapped along with an end to expansion plans for coal-burning power. | They are asking for any plans for a controversial third runway at Heathrow to be scrapped along with an end to expansion plans for coal-burning power. |
| The Campaign for Climate Change said the economic slump was not an excuse to abandon environmental concerns. | The Campaign for Climate Change said the economic slump was not an excuse to abandon environmental concerns. |
| Organiser Phil Thornhill said: "Thousands of citizens will be marching on parliament to remind the government that the current economic downturn does not make the catastrophic consequences of failing to deal with the climate crisis any less catastrophic." | Organiser Phil Thornhill said: "Thousands of citizens will be marching on parliament to remind the government that the current economic downturn does not make the catastrophic consequences of failing to deal with the climate crisis any less catastrophic." |
| The rally is part of a global day of action which organisers say will be marked in more than 90 countries. | The rally is part of a global day of action which organisers say will be marked in more than 90 countries. |
| 'Radical decisions' | |
| Mr Thornhill said investing in renewable energy schemes offers countries a way to tackle both global warming and the economic downturn. | Mr Thornhill said investing in renewable energy schemes offers countries a way to tackle both global warming and the economic downturn. |
| "We must embrace a green energy revolution which will point the way for the whole world to avoid disaster, whilst lifting us out of recession at the same time." | "We must embrace a green energy revolution which will point the way for the whole world to avoid disaster, whilst lifting us out of recession at the same time." |
| Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg, who will address the rally when it reaches Parliament Square, told the BBC that "radical decisions" on the environment are required of government. | |
| "After all, we are taking very radical decisions about what we are doing with our banking system so I don't see why we shouldn't also be taking very radical decisions about how we produce energy, how we use it, how we organise public transport, how we insulate our homes." |