On the evening of Monday 30 November 2015, hundreds of people gathered together in Place Guillaume II in Luxembourg City, battling the rain and the wind to fight a different climate issue - global warming.
The Climate March was organised by Votum Klima, a platform founded in 2009 and supported by 26 Luxembourgish non-governmental organisations. Luxembourg has joined a number of other European cities to recently take to the streets in protest against climate change as the COP21 Climate Conference gets underway in Paris, where a binding global agreement on the issue will aim to be reached for the first time in more than 20 years of United Nations negotiations.
"All of humanity is in the same boat, there is no Planet B," a Votum Klima representative called through a megaphone as the crowd prepared to march from Place Guillaume II to Rotondes in Bonnevoie. She further explained that although all countries are implicated in global warming, "those that contribute the least to climate change are the most hard hit", before rallying the around 500-strong group by stating "It is time for politicians to stand on the right side of history...let's change the system, not the climate!"
The Dutch drum collective 'Drum works' distributed drums and sticks to individuals, setting a steady beat for the determined march against climate change. Members of the public of all ages and backgrounds came together to march in unison for the cause, with many holding banners high in the air.
Hundreds of pairs of feet made their way through Luxembourg City, stopping traffic and passers-by in their tracks, before continuing on to Rotondes where a cultural evening of concerts, lectures, speeches and exhibitions had been planned. Guests for the evening included folk rocker Serge Tonnar, singer Sascha Ley, arctic explorer Raphael Fiegen, TV host Mr. Science and singer-songwriter Antoine.
Photos by Sarah Graham
