We are here to make some noise - to shout our rage and
dance our hope – to stand up and show the G8 and the
world that the climate crisis can no longer be
ignored.

Today, we are saying NO to the M74, to traffic and
pollution, to climate chaos, and to the international
institutions, power-hungry politicians and
profit-seeking companies that constantly put the
needs of people and the environment last.

As the G8 comes to a close, it's no closer to solving
the climate crisis it helped create. The G8 leaders
cannot even begin to acknowledge the massive scale of
the problem we face - if they did, they would be
forced to recognise that industrial capitalism, built
on fossil fuels, must come to an end.

Here in Glasgow, plans are brewing to extend the M74 -
5 miles of towering concrete slicing through the heart
of the Southside. Local people have rejected the
extension, knowing that it would increase air and
noise pollution, contribute to climate change, worsen
traffic and split their local community. But
government planners, bent on pursuing the false needs
of 'progress' and 'economic development', plough ahead
with their roadbuilding schemes.

Today, we are joining forces with thousands of people
around the world in an international day of action on
the root causes of climate change. Actions are also
happening today in Venezuela, New Zealand, Iceland,
Australia, and the Philippines... Together, we are a
growing global movement for climate justice. We have
at most one decade left to dismantle oil-fuelled power
structures like the G8, before climate catastrophe
dismantles us. So it's time to take action.

Join us on the streets as we flood the G8 and the
world with our demand for change and our vision of a
just, joyous and fossil-fuel free future.