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| People's Climate March | |||
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| Part of the climate movement | |||
| Date | September 21, 2014 | ||
| Location | New York City with other events globally on the same day | ||
| Goals | Action to reduce climate change | ||
| Methods | Demonstration | ||
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The People's Climate March (PCM) was a large-scale activist event orchestrated by the People's Climate Movement to advocate global action against climate change, which took place on Sunday, September 21, 2014, in New York City, along with a series of companion actions worldwide, many of which also took the name People's Climate March. With an estimated 311,000 participants, the New York event was the largest climate change march in history.[1] Described as "an invitation to change everything," the march was called in May 2014 by the global advocacy human rights group Avaaz and 350.org, the environmental organization founded by writer/activist Bill McKibben,[2] and it was endorsed by "over 1,500 organizations, including many international and national unions, churches, schools and community and environmental justice organizations."[3] It was conceived as a response to (but not a protest against)[4] the scheduled U.N. Climate Summit of world leaders to take place in New York City two days later, on September 23.[5][6]
Although based in New York, the event was global in scope and implication, with "companion demonstrations" worldwide.[2][7] Organizers intended the march to be "the largest single event on climate that has been organized to date… one so large and diverse that it cannot be ignored."[4] The entire PCM project consisted of "numerous events, actions, symposia, presentations, and more organized over the course of the days leading up to the Summit, and in the days following," of which the march was intended to be "the anchor event."[4] Worldwide, nearly 600,000 people were estimated to have marched on September 21, including those in New York.[8]
- ^ Foderaro, Lisa W. (21 September 2014). "Taking-A-Call-for-Climate-Change-to-the-Streets". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ a b Brodine, Marc (2014-06-02). "Environmental news roundup: Massive Peoples Climate March at UN Sept. 21". People's World. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ Butters, Chris (2014-07-07). "New York activists expect massive September climate march at UN". People's World. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ a b c "People's Climate March – NYC March (FAQs)". Archived from the original on 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ McKibben, Bill (2014-05-21). "A Call to Arms: An Invitation to Demand Action on Climate Change". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ "Africa: Ban Ki-Moon Eyes New Climate Deal, Rapid Progress On Sustainable Development in Wake of First United Nations Environment Assembly (press release)". allAfrica. 2014-06-28. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ "People's Climate March: thousands demand action around the world – as it happened". The Guardian. 2014-09-22. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "Hundreds of thousands turn out for global climate change marches". The Japan Times. Retrieved 8 April 2017.