Climate change | Julia clashes with The Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley

Protests are taking place in around 150 countries - demanding governments and companies act on climate change.

The global protests, inspired by teenage activist Greta Thunberg, are ahead of a UN summit on climate action in New York next week.

Julia Hartley-Brewer spoke with the Green Party's co-leader Jonathan Bartley over the effects of climate change, and whether or not the schoolchildren should be "bunking off" to join the protests.

[talktv]

Should children be allowed to take the day off school to join climate change protests? ▼

[tommychuckles]

Some people are making an awful lot of money out of climate change.

[JohnWilliams-iwoq]

If they held the protest on a weekend hardly anyone would turn up!

[chrisneedham]

Children should not be used for political ends it's just wrong

[davidhartley]

Of course he wants kids to come along, gotta indoctrinate them while they're young and naive

[mjones]

Intelligent, rational Julia trying to reason with a fanatic .

[iconholic]

How many councils will be issuing fines for children being absent from school?

[alfrednewby]

This isn't about science at all, it's about extreme left politics.

[alistairewen]

I'm worried seeing children ranting at crowd's. Do they really know what is happening, I have my doubts.

[stephenpearson]

don't parents get fined for taking their children out of school

[TonyBraun]

All the young people I know, are completely ignorant about science.

[nikkiboytsod]

If we only have 11 years left befor armageddon why has the bank just offered me a 25 year mortgage?

[ouruhuru]

This man has the gall to accuse Julia of 'whipping people up into a frenzy'. Simply amazing.

[michaelenglish]

its child abuse ..using kids ...to push fake global warm crap

[hkarnold]

This guy and his conspiracy theories shouldn’t be anywhere near our kids.

[denishoulan]

When I was at school in the early seventies, we were being taught that a new ice age was coming and we were all doomed. I am still waiting.

[pickleonions]

Julia is brilliant no matter what extremist she gets on her program she handles them with logic and common sense and this guy is about as genuine as a nine Bob note.

[chrisbuster]

How many of these kids get driven to school etc in 4x4s.
Muppets

[oblatespheroid]

“The house is on fire, I need money and political power to fix it”

[robbieparker]

I can't take my kid's out of school for holiday without getting fined yet these knobs can take them out of school for BS😠