Yelling slogans and waving placards, protesters, young and old, took to the streets of France for a third time this year, demanding world leaders wake up to the threat of climate change, reports Radio France Internationale.
Chanting: "1,2,3 degrees, is a crime against humanity," activists and environmental groups gathered on Friday at place de la Nation in south-eastern Paris, to urge nations to keep temperatures from rising to dangerous levels.
Perched on top of a massive statue representing the Triumph of the French Republic, with a woman at its helm, some demonstrators held banners reading 'Mother Earth is dying,' and 'We must act now.'
Organisers say around 30,000 people in France joined a global strike against climate change, heeding the rallying cry of the Swedish 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg. Officials put the number at just under 10,000.