Amsterdam marchers demand climate action as Dutch election nears

Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Amsterdam on Sunday demanding immediate action against climate change, 10 days before the country holds a general election.
Local police said around 70,000 people joined the march, including climate activist Greta Thunberg and former EU climate chief Frans Timmermans, who will lead the combined Labour and Green parties at the upcoming election.
Organisers said the turnout was the largest ever at a climate protest in the Netherlands.
Protesters, some wearing scuba diving gear as a reference to rising sea levels and many carrying signs reading “Cut the crap, scale emissions back!” and “Don’t like our Climate March? Try living on Mars”, marched 3.5 kilometres (2.2 miles) through Amsterdam singing, chanting and blowing whistles.