A number of the busiest roads in Leeds city centre will be closed today(Friday) as climate activists are preparing to take part yet another protest.
The event, which starts at 11am, has been organised by YouthStrike4Climate Leeds, who have conducted several similar campaigns in Leeds over recent months.
Pupils are planning to skip lessons at school in favour of joining the protest and are inviting city workers to join them on their lunch breaks.
Today's march, which coincides with Valentine's Day, will see campaigners wearing pink colours to match with the theme of the protest - 'going pink to make the government think'.
Follow live updates from the climate protest in Leeds here
The Leeds activists are urging the government to take drastic action to become carbon neutral and "bring about climate justice now" by implementing a raft of new environmentally-friendly measures.
Robbie Strathdee, YouthStrike4Climate Leeds organiser, said: "We have got two options. We can either not act on climate change - and we've seen the despair and chaos that has caused with the floods in Yorkshire this week.
"Or we can take the action need to stop the devastating scenes we've seen not just here in Yorkshire, but all over the world with the wildfires in Australia."
Road closures
The protest march is due to set off from Victoria Gardens outside Leeds Town Hall at 12.30pm, with the march taking no longer than one hour.
Rolling road closures will be put in place by police to try and minimise the disruption caused, although the event is likely to cause delays on a number of roads.
The route of the event is as follows:
- The Headrow
- Park Row
- Boar Lane
- Briggate
- The Headrow
