The rolling, 24-hour protest peaked in San Francisco, where thousands snaked through the city chanting and carrying handmade signs and banners. Governor Jerry Brown leads a coalition of subnational regions and cities also taking aggressive climate action. Many will be represented next week in the port city at the Global Climate Action Summit. Its billowing sails featured banners that read "Rise for Climate Action with 350," referring to the advocacy group 350.org that spearheaded the global protest. Subnational governments, cities and businesses will gather in San Francisco on September 12 for the three-day Global Climate Action Summit, an explicit counterweight to actions by Trump.

Source: Bangkok Post September 08, 2018 23:48 UTC