Hundreds of people, many of them students, marched for climate action on Friday afternoon. Meeting at the Monument Sir George Etienne Cartier, a group led by the Climate Rage Coalition stopped traffic along major streets in the Plateau and downtown Montreal, dancing, marching, and calling for change.

Cégep du Vieux Montréal student Gaëlle Raymond says she and her friends are all trying to live an eco-conscious life, so it's frustrating to see inaction from big polluters, especially when it's young people who will experience the biggest impacts of climate change.

"I think it's very important to show that we're here and we care because we, the young people, are going to be here the longest," she says. "We want a future — we want to be able to have kids and create a world of our own."

It's a concern that parents share too. Courtney Kirkby gave birth to her second child this past summer during the worst wildfire season Quebec has ever seen. She says that grappling with anxiety over her kids' future ultimately gave way to a sense of gratitude.

"I appreciate every clear day that we can breathe the air, that we have livable temperatures, that we haven't been struck by some kind of catastrophe."

But with that, she says, comes a need for action.

"Donate to causes and to people who are living those climate realities, and get involved, get on the street."

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