CLIMATE activists are meeting in Hereford city centre today as they join a nationwide campaign

Extinction Rebellion groups from across Herefordshire will be bringing climate crisis ‘carols’ and street theatre to High Town between 10am and 3pm, in a bid to raise awareness of climate change in the run-up to the general election.

The 12 Days of Crisis campaign coincides with the run-up to the December 12 election and the United Nations' climate change conference being held in Madrid.

"Our action in Hereford aims to ensure all voters are aware of the facts and issues around the Climate Crisis, of the necessity for urgent action globally and locally, and also of the positions of every local candidate on how action should be taken to meet these challenges," a campaign spokesperson said.

Each of the party leaders will be theatrically represented at the High Town event, although a spokesperson said the Extinction Rebellion is not party political..

"We are calling on all party candidates to recognise the climate and ecological emergency and sign up to our Three Demands Bill," the spokesperson said.

"This calls for them to tell the truth, declare a climate and ecological emergency and communicate the urgency for change, to act now to halt biodiversity loss and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2025, and to upgrade democracy by being led by the decisions of a citizens’ assembly on climate and ecological justice."