Protesters march against global warming

Thousands of people have turned out for rallies across Australian cities to raise awareness of climate change.
The Walk Against Warming was an international event with similar marches happening around the globe.
The biggest march was in Sydney as thousands of people walked from Martin Place to the Botanical Gardens.
Campaigners opposed to coal and nuclear power and are calling for the Government to adopt more solar and renewable energy sources.
Greens Senator Bob Brown addressed the crowds before the walk began.
"This lucky sunny country of ours can turn what is a despairing situation into a world of optimism, using our technology to make the whole world sing with renewable power and energy efficiency which doesn't threaten the future," he said.
Organisers of the protest march in Canberra say more than 2,500 people took part.
Policy adviser to the federal Greens and former deputy director of the Australia Institute, Richard Denniss, addressed the gathering and criticised the Federal Government for failing to adhere the agreement it made at the Earth Summit in 1992.
"We agreed that developed countries have the responsibility to act first," he said.
"It wasn't in the small print that China and India wouldn't be involved until the second period - it wasn't in the small print, it was a fundamental principle."
Campaigners in Queensland are hoping today's international day of action will increase pressure on all levels of government to do more to address the problem.
Thousands of people were expected to take part in the Walk Against Warming in Brisbane's CBD this afternoon.
Glenda Pickersgill is fighting the State Government's plan to dam the Mary River, near Gympie, and is urging Queenslanders to get involved in saving the planet.
"We will join with thousands of other people down in Brisbane to show people power that climate change is really important," she said.
"We have got to be thinking and planning for future generations to stop this problem."
A large crowd of people gathered at Hobart's Princes Park to mark the international day of action on climate change.
Peaceful protesters made their way through the city holding banners criticising the proposed Gunns pulp mill and the Howard Government's refusal to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
Organisers of the Walk Against Warming say Tasmanians are noticing the effects of global warming, with a record dry winter this year and recent bushfires.
The crowd gathered at Princes Park where they will be addressed by state greens MHA Nick McKim and members of the Wilderness society.
In Adelaide 1,000 people marched the four kilometres from the airport to West Beach.
Peter Owen from the Wilderness Society says the march was a cry for the Federal Government to act.
"At the moment I think we're still in denial over the implications of climate change," he said.
"They don't believe a lot of the science, they're not willing to act on what a lot of our top scientists in the world are saying. Australia seriously needs to sign the Kyoto Protocol.
"It seriously needs to spend a lot of money in the development of renewable energy."