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The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his visit in Kenya says Washington will push for a global agreement to "combat ocean plastic pollution" at the UN Environmental Assembly next year. SOUNDBITE
Demonstrators gather in front of the Paris City Hall to take part in worldwide demonstrations against what campaigners say is a lack of urgency to address global warming at a crunch UN climate summit. IMAGES
Supporters of the environmental campaign group Extinction Rebellion gather on Trafalgar Square outside of the National Gallery in London for the first day of a two-week climate change protest campaign. The action is named 'Impossible Rebellion' and thousands of people expected to take part. IMAGES
Nearly 200 nations start online negotiations to validate a UN science report that will anchor autumn summits charged with preventing climate catastrophe on a planetary scale. IMAGES
Students in New York City take to the streets to join tens of thousands of teenagers and schoolchildren around the world for a day of protests against climate change. IMAGES
Paris prepares for the opening of United Nations climate talks amid tight security. Paul Chapman reports.