Scenes From San Francisco's #RiseforClimate

A crowd of 30,000 came to pressure California's leaders to take action

In San Francisco, political and business leaders are gathering for the Global Climate Action Summit. On Saturday, so were 30,000 people, who came to make it clear that the stakes for dawdling on replacing fossil fuels with a just transition to clean energy are very, very high.

View of the Ferry Building from the Rise for Climate march | Photo by Austin Price

A marcher with the Native American contingent burns sage. | Photo by Sam Murphy

A group of Aztec dancers | Photo by Sam Murphy

| Photo by Sam Murphy

So was concern for kids, period. | Photo by Sam Murphy

Fossils against fossil fuels | Photo by Sam Murphy

It wouldn't be a San Francisco get-together without a dog in a baby carrier. | Photo by Sam Murphy

Immigrant rights were also on the minds of many marchers. | Photo by Sam Murphy

| Photo by Sam Murphy

The Trump administration was—quite accurately—represented as a threat to climate action. | Photo by Sam Murphy

More Marchers at the Ferry Building| Photo by Austin Price

#RiseforClimate marcher | Photo by Sam Murphy

Stop DAPL marchers | Photo by Sam Murphy

Musician | Photo by Sam Murphy

A contingent of queer and two-spirit marchers | Photo by Sam Murphy

#MeToo, says the planet. | Photo by Austin Price