Students skipped class and rallied in the rain outside the offices of politicians on Friday, in the third national school strike held to demand action on climate change since November.
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This time around, the Australian arm of the global movement is turning its attention to the upcoming federal election.
With news that the UK had become the first country to declare a climate emergency overnight, students came out in force in Canberra and across the country to call for greater investment in renewable energy and an end to fossil fuels, including Queensland's controversial Adani coal mine project.
Joined by those leaving work or university, student organisers estimate about 300 marched from Labor MP Andrew Leigh's office in Gungahlin to that of Coalition senator Zed Seselja.
The rally was one of 75 held across the country, after about 150,000 took to the streets in March.
