Students demand climate action and ‘No Cop-Outs at COP31’

Key points

• About 400 students and supporters marched through Sydney on October 24 to demand urgent climate action before the COP31 conference in November. The conference is co-hosted by Australia and Turkey.
• The rally called for no new or expanded coal and gas, binding emissions targets and a just transition for workers and communities. Speakers included human rights lawyer Kavita Naidu, who said going beyond 1.5 degrees of warming was a death sentence.
• The rally was organised by Sydney Students for Climate, a new coalition of students concerned about climate inaction.