London, Stockholm climate marchers demand action

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Jeremy Lovell
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Several thousand climate campaigners marched through London and Stockholm on Saturday calling on governments around the world to take urgent action to tackle global warming.

Carrying banners with slogans like "cut carbon not forests" and "actions speak louder than words" protesters in London marched in torrential rain and biting cold past parliament and through Trafalgar Square to rally in front of the U.S. embassy.

Some posters carried a picture of U.S. President George W. Bush and the words "Wanted for crimes against the planet". The United States is the world's biggest emitter of carbon gases.

British police said 2,000 people took part in the march. Organisers said they estimated the number at 7,000.