Check Out: The Guardian – Greta Thunberg: face of the global climate strikes

“This is the biggest climate strike ever in history, and we all should be so proud of ourselves because we have done this together. This is an emergency. Our house is on fire. And it’s not just the young people’s house, we all live here – it affects all of us.” – Greta Thunberg told demonstrators in New York.

Around four million people took part in the strike around the world with 300,000-350,000 taking part, including more than 100,000 people in London and tens of thousands more in towns and cities from Edinburgh to Bristol, Leeds to Brighton, Bedford to Cambridge. There were more than 200 demonstrations across the UK. Organisers said it was the biggest-ever environmental protest the UK had seen. We’re just at the beginning, change is coming – such a powerful day.