Québec solidaire co-spokesperson Manon Massé said that along with the structural changes that the government must impose, citizens have to change their own behaviours as well.

"Without treating it as a real crisis we cannot solve it,'' Thunberg told the crowd in Switzerland.

The agreement came after hours of haggling with Eastern European states demanding funds to support a transition away from fossil fuels and a role for nuclear power.

Ann Cognito said she's been trying to make an appointment with the prime minister's office since February and claims no one has ever responded to her.

Hamilton declared a climate emergency in March and this is the first blueprint for local action.

Some Londoners will be gather in front of city hall Friday afternoon to reassert their support for the city to take urgent action on climate change.

The parliament voted 429/225 with 19 abstentions to call the increasing environmental challenges linked to climate change an "emergency."

The recommendations were presented in a report to the committee that arrived seven months after London city councillors declared a climate emergency.

The city of Kingston has come up with a discussion paper which, it hopes, will help address the city’s rental ho using shortage, climate emergency and downtown highrise battles in one new policy.

The scientists behind the letter say a few "invalid" names among the 11,000 signatures do not diminish their very real warning.