Sheffield school children visit Number 10 Downing Street to demand climate action with backing of Chris Packham

Molly Williams
By Molly Williams
Published 15th Nov 2022, 15:54 BST
Updated 15th Nov 2022, 15:55 BST
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Sheffield school pupils, representing children across the country, visited Number 10 Downing Street to demand action to tackle the climate emergency.

Pupils from King Edward VII Upper School, in Broomhall, took their letter to the prime minister’s headquarters as world leaders gathered for COP27.

They also met with Ed Miliband, shadow secretary of state for climate change, Nadia Whittome, Britain’s youngest MP, Olivia Blake, MP for Sheffield Hallam, and Daisy Cooper, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, while on their visit.

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The group of four students – Jamie Rhodes, Charlotte Battye, David Ogah and Shabaz Khan – represented a cohort of 1,500 secondary school children from all over the country who attended the recent Schools’ Climate Assembly hosted by King Edward’s.

Sheffield school pupils, representing children across the country, visited Number 10 Downing Street to demand action tackling the climate emergency. Pupils from King Edward VII Upper School, in Broomhall, look their letter to the prime minister’s headquarters as world leaders gathered for COP27.Sheffield school pupils, representing children across the country, visited Number 10 Downing Street to demand action tackling the climate emergency. Pupils from King Edward VII Upper School, in Broomhall, look their letter to the prime minister’s headquarters as world leaders gathered for COP27.
Sheffield school pupils, representing children across the country, visited Number 10 Downing Street to demand action tackling the climate emergency. Pupils from King Edward VII Upper School, in Broomhall, look their letter to the prime minister’s headquarters as world leaders gathered for COP27.

Gregory Nasmyth, founder of the Schools’ Climate Assembly, said: “SCA is an essential space to empower and educate our next generation helping them to navigate the changes that will be coming in the next months, years and decades.

"I am incredibly proud of the students taking their demands to the heart of our democracy and we can only hope that their wishes for investment and education do not fall on deaf ears.”

Television presenter Chirs Packham and other famous environmental advocates who spoke at the assembly signed the letter too.

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Their three demands of the government were to have: 100 percent renewable power by 2030; climate education for everyone with support and time for teachers to deliver this; and investment in training, apprenticeships and jobs that tackle the climate crisis.