March in solidarity with people on the frontlines of the climate crisis and bring Pope Francis’ COP28 message to the streets of London.
Pope Francis has written a new message calling for world leaders to tackle the climate crisis and make the most of the upcoming COP28 climate summit.
We’ll be bringing the Pope’s message to the streets of London on Saturday 9 December when we join a short march to call for action at COP28.
We’re going to meet at 11:50am at St James’s Square, SW1Y 4LE. This is next to the office of BP, one of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies.
A large march calling for a ceasefire in the war in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory is going to be taking place in London on the same day as we gather to call for leaders at COP28 to act on the climate crisis. As a result of this taking place, the route for the COP28 march is going to be shorter than originally planned:
• Once we meet at St James’s Square at 11:50am, we’ll hold a moment to gather with people from different faith and belief groups to pray or reflect on the need for leaders to act at COP28.
• There will then be a rally taking place outside BP to call for governments to stop supporting fossil fuels.
• Following the rally, there will be a short march that will end just before 2:00pm at Trafalgar Square, with many people taking part in the climate march going on to join the Palestine march.
