Hundreds of schoolchildren skipped school again yesterday to join a climate change protest.

Crowds assembled in Brighton’s Churchill Square at 11am before making their way down to The Level shouting slogans and waving banners.

They were protesting against the Government’s “inaction on climate change” which they say is putting their futures at risk.

Emily Carr, 18, pictured below right, who was involved in organising the march, said: “In just over a decade, humans will have done irreversible damage to the planet.

“I fear how much our children and grandchildren will be affected by this.

“We are young people, we shouldn’t have to think about this. This is about fighting for our future.

“Climate change is the biggest threat that humanity faces.

“This march is about spreading awareness and grabbing people’s attention to alert them to what’s happening.”

Annapurna Marley, 18, who also helped to organise the protest said: “We want to hold the Government accountable and ensure action is taken against climate change.

“The Government have finally acknowledged it but much more needs to be done. We need to raise awareness in order to achieve the demands of the Green New Deal.”

The Green New Deal is a transformative plan to restructure the UK economy around environmental principles.

She continued: “Their plans to be carbon neutral by 2050 are not enough as researchers say we only have 11 years to stop runaway climate change.”

This was the fifth climate strike in Brighton so far by school pupils and college students.

It comes eight months after Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old activist from Sweden, initiated the first international “school strike for climate”.