Hundreds of Cardiff students gathered outside City Hall today to demand urgent action on climate change. 

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The campaign 'School Strike for Climate' was sparked in 2018 when Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg missed a day of school calling for the government to take stronger action on environmental issues.

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Since then, her campaign has gathered momentum all over the world – including the UK, where more than 350,000 pupils took part in various school strikes across the country over the past year.

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Now, with a General Election fast approaching, Cardiff’s students are taking their opportunity to call upon UK leaders to place greater emphasis upon the climate emergency in their policies.

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School and university students marched through Cardiff city centre before ending their strike at the Senedd.