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Young campaigners lobby Tony Blair over climate change

School children representing the Stop Climate Chaos coalition spoke directly to the Prime Minister at Number 10 voicing concerns over climate change.

Children outside number 10

I told the Prime Minister that it was our future that would be affected and that I didn't think enough was being done about climate change
Ben Brunwin, aged 16 from Guildford

The six young people were aged between 8 and 17. They handed in petitions from nearly 150,000 people calling for new law to cut UK carbon dioxide emissions.

Rebecca Verlander and Tony Blair

Urging the Prime Minister to take action

It has been great to tell the Prime Minister what I think about climate change. I told him if he acted now he would be remembered as a hero who helped save the whole world.
Amina Seylani, aged 12, from London

Inside cabinet room

In the Cabinet Room the children expressed worries that they would be the ones living with climate change. They also discussed the need for the UK to set an example to the rest of the world.

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