A man throws an earth balloon into the air as people fill 58th Street between 8th and 9th Avenue before a climate change march in New York on Sunday.
Demonstrators make their way down Sixth Avenue in New York on Sunday. The march, along with similar gatherings scheduled in other cities worldwide, comes two days before the United Nations Climate Summit, where more than 120 world leaders will convene for a meeting aimed at galvanizing political will for a new global climate treaty by the end of 2015.
People protest for greater action against climate change during the People’s Climate March on Sunday in New York City.
An estimated 40,000 thousand people march from the Embankment via Whitehall to the Houses of Parliament in London on Sunday.
Enviromental protesters form the words “Beyond Coal Gas” during a meeting in a park in Sydney on Sunday as part of a global protest on climate change.
People protest for greater action against climate change during the People’s Climate March on Sunday in New York City.
People march down Sixth Avenue during the People’s Climate March on Sunday in New York City.
People hold banners and dance during a climate change March demanding politicians to take tougher action to protect the climate in Berlin on Sunday.
People protest for greater action against climate change during the People’s Climate March on Sunday in New York City. The march, which calls for drastic political and economic changes to slow global warming, has been organized by a coalition of unions, activists, politicians and scientists.
Demonstrators in animal costumes walk in the “People’s Climate March” in central London on Sunday.
Participants sing during the climate march along Ipanema beach on Sept. 21, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Protests calling for curbs in greenhouse gas emissions were scheduled for today in 150 countries ahead a U.N. summit on climate change. The Amazon rainforest, mostly located in Brazil, produces about 20 percent of the earth’s oxygen but is threatened by deforestation.
Protesters around the world on Sunday called for greater action against climate change ahead of the United Nations Climate Summit.