THOUSANDS of young people went on the march again yesterday to demand the Government takes action on climate change.

Students flooded Brighton’s Churchill Square as part of the UK’s second climate strike protest – the first was last month.

The demonstration is part of a global movement which calls on young people to skip school to rally for environmental justice.

Protesters marched from the Clock Tower up Queen’s Road, down Trafalgar Street and on to The Level.

On the way, they shouted “we demand action on climate change”.

Isaac Samuel, 15, said: “I am from Varndean School and the school is increasing the use of plastics. Since the school’s mascot is a dolphin, I think it’s a bit ironic that it is killing the thing it seems to care about. We are the generation who will suffer and if we don’t take action it will be too late.”

Fellow pupil Yola Prince, 14, said: “I want adults who are in power to hear our voice. They are not hitting climate change action targets and there isn’t enough time left.”

Tian Bathurst, 14, also from Varndean School, said: “The people responsible for climate change are billionaires. They tell us to do our bit for the planet, which we should. However, it is their companies that do the most damage. How can we go to school if there is no future?”

Sussex University student Alexandra Lawrence, 20, said: “The Government is not listening to us. We’ve only got 12 years for global warming to be limited to a maximum of 1.5C.

“I don’t want to have a future where the world runs out of resources. If I have children one day, I don’t want them to be living in poverty.”

Sam Williams, 22, a student from Sussex University, said: “Young people have been excluded from discussions about climate change action. Climate change is not just our problem, it is everyone’s problem.

“Issues like Brexit and in-fighting between politicians are stopping climate change action from progressing.

“Institutions that claim to be the heart of our democracy are not doing anything to save the environment. If nothing is done, it is us who will be dealing with the consequences.”

Sussex University student Harry Salisbury, 21, said: “This proves that young people are socially and politically engaged. We are not a generation who don’t care and who just look at our phones. Young people are seeing the problems of the world and they are taking action.”