STUDENTS were again protesting in Bucky Doo Square today (Friday) raising awareness of climate change.

The group were joined by members of Cartoon Action Theatre who gave their support to the students and performed a play highlighting the affects of climate change.

Students walked out of school and carried placards and banners to demand action, just like they did on February 14.

The movement has seen school strikes in Australia and European countries including Belgium, and was inspired by teenager Greta Thunberg, who protests every Friday outside Sweden's parliament to urge leaders to tackle climate change.

The strikes come in the wake of a UN report which warned that limiting global temperature rises to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, beyond which climate impacts become increasingly severe, requires unprecedented action.

That includes cutting global carbon dioxide emissions by almost half within 12 years.

Students are demanding the UK Government declare a climate emergency and take active steps to tackle the problem, communicate the severity of the ecological crisis to the public and reform the curriculum to make it an educational priority.