THOUSANDS of environmental campaigners are expected to attend a major march through Glasgow today as part of a global day of climate action.

Organisers expect it to be the biggest climate march in Glasgow since the UN climate conference took place in 2021.

Demonstrations demanding climate justice are happening in cities across Britain and in Belem, Brazil, where the UN climate talks are taking place.

Groups including prominent charities and grassroots organisations working across environmental justice, migrant rights and Palestine solidarity have organised the march and subsequent rally on Glasgow Green.

Speakers at the rally include leading trade unionist Dave Moxham, Poverty Alliance chief executive Peter Kelly, as well as local transport and migrant justice campaigners from Glasgow.

The groups including RSPB, Global Justice Now and Extinction Rebellion are marching under the slogan “a better world is possible” with demands calling for global solidarity, a fair transition away from fossil fuels and increased care for our planet.

Friends of the Earth Scotland head of campaigns Caroline Rance said: “Public concern about climate breakdown remains really high and people recognise that the challenges communities face from Palestine to the Amazon are connected.

“The same systems that devalue life, destroy our environment and prioritise profit above all else are harming people everywhere.”

Jane Herbstritt, of Global Justice Now, said: “Energy bills are rising, living standards are going down, climate change is destroying communities, and the super-rich are raking in the profits — all at our expense.

“We’ll be marching in solidarity with others across the world to call on the UK and Scottish governments to tax the rich and end subsidies to the polluting fossil fuel corporations who continue to rake in huge profits while they let the world burn.”