A TOTAL of 40 Gwynedd and Anglesey residents joined a march in London last weekend to call on the Government to take urgent action on the accelerating climate emergency.

The activists joined more than 60,000 people to descend on the streets of Westminster in a four-day protest named “The Big One”, which was the UK’s biggest single-location collaborative climate protest. 

Organised by more than 200 leading environmental and social justice groups, it provided a space for many groups to come together and build a united approach to forcing government action on two main demands:

  • Immediately halt all new coal, oil and gas exploration.
  • Set up emergency Citizens’ Assemblies, are a carefully developed system for ordinary people to have a democratic say in creating policies that genuinely benefit local populations.

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Ayeisha, 33, a disability assessor who travelled from Llanberis, said: "With the latest reports saying we are at our last chance to secure a liveable future, it is easy to despair.

“Coming to London and seeing so many people who care as much as I do gives me so much hope for the future. The energy is incredible."

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Helen McGreary, 48, a teacher from Menai Bridge, said: “The majority of the UK public are terrified about what is happening to our climate, as well as the cost of living crisis and gross inequality.

“While our government opens coal mines and cosies up billionaires and oil executives, the interests of everyday people are not being prioritised.

“All the while they pin responsibility on poor families, people of colour, and new immigrants.  We know the people in this country want better leadership than that.

“This march calls for citizen-led politics, through Citizens Assemblies, using a participatory approach to politics at local, national and UK levels.”