[See our full report on the march here.] The People's Climate March, which is being called the "largest climate march in history," has begun in NYC. You can check out the parade route and all the street closures here, and get some background on the event, which Gothamist contributor Nick Pinto describes as "the first tentative outing of a broader movement, a coalition that includes not only the usual white environmentalists, but unions and representatives of the (frequently poor and minority) communities hit hardest by the effects of climate change."
If you can't make it to the march, you can watch a livestream of the event via Democracy Now. We'll be updating this post all day depending on what happens at the march. Below, check out photos of various signs, politicians, celebrities (Al Gore! Sting! Leonardo DiCaprio!), and bananas (?) involved in the march.
The mood right before the #PeoplesClimateMarch starts is pretty festive. Lots of dancing, music. pic.twitter.com/YfB15w6YKM
— Bianca Consunji (@biancaconsunji) September 21, 2014
People's Climate march interview conducted over the sleeping body of a homeless woman pic.twitter.com/GyBhrnl9VI
— Christopher Robbins (@ChristRobbins) September 21, 2014
#FloodWallStreet showing up early with some of the first art on the street for the #peoplesclimate march. pic.twitter.com/CoTMFjFH3Z
— People's Climate (@Peoples_Climate) September 21, 2014
Look who's at the #PeoplesClimate March! @algore pic.twitter.com/8IMZC12aEf
— Erik Bottcher (@ebottcher) September 21, 2014
It begins. pic.twitter.com/DxnYUEtgkN
— Annie Correal (@anniecorreal) September 21, 2014
LIVE: Amy Goodman interviews @Sting, who has joined the #PeoplesClimate March in #NYC. Stream http://t.co/fITGicJC3M pic.twitter.com/eE2f7WZko2
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) September 21, 2014
Signs have arrived and are looking great! #StopFundingFossils #PeoplesClimate pic.twitter.com/d4gdaBUIJb
— Matt Maiorana (@MattMaiorana) September 21, 2014
Festive atmosphere as thousands prepare to march @Peoples_Climate urging global leaders to act on #climate change. pic.twitter.com/xR9NaCNKV6
— M. Scott Mahaskey (@smahaskey) September 21, 2014
Extensive use of #NYPD barricades and penning at #climatemarch assembly area no other city does this. pic.twitter.com/XpbpYgDBx3
— Alex S. Vitale (@avitale) September 21, 2014
TWU's JP Patafio: If corporations don't act on climate change we'll shut 'em down pic.twitter.com/GbHp1nfJrZ
— TWU Local 100 (@TWULocal100) September 21, 2014
At Columbus circle pic.twitter.com/Z8WsiiGdmh
— erin mccann (@mccanner) September 21, 2014
@algore is in the house #climatemarch #PeoplesClimate #PeopleClimateMarch keep an eye out. #starstruck pic.twitter.com/qCAjaJBZTs
— JD Thompson (@JDThompsonNYC) September 21, 2014
— Andrea Bernstein (@AndreaWNYC) September 21, 2014
We have to take action for the #peoplesclimate to protect their future. I see a few future presidents in the crowd! pic.twitter.com/fwes2ciavM
— Scott M. Stringer (@scottmstringer) September 21, 2014
One of many puppets at the #peoplesclimate march: pic.twitter.com/pSsc9XmzVM
— Nick Pinto (@macfathom) September 21, 2014
Giant bananas make an appearance #PeoplesClimate pic.twitter.com/ukPl7rymUH
— Sophie Kleeman (@sophie_kleeman) September 21, 2014
Drumline rocks the Climate Change March. pic.twitter.com/S6vvaaLzdp
— Jody Rosen (@jodyrosen) September 21, 2014
All ages marching in today's @Peoples_Climate in NYC. pic.twitter.com/02YyUZwA1v
— M. Scott Mahaskey (@smahaskey) September 21, 2014
Oh, hi Al Gore. #climatemarch pic.twitter.com/KyWjROXi2X
— Elon Green (@elongreen) September 21, 2014
"The Future," a 3,000 pound ice sculpture, has been unveiled beside the Flatiron Building. pic.twitter.com/azy6g6Qt5u
— Annie Correal (@anniecorreal) September 21, 2014
Look who is at @Peoples_Climate @LeoDiCaprio & @SusanSarandon on their way +000s alreaady here pic.twitter.com/1WgdJ3Hrlm
— Suzanne Goldenberg (@suzyji) September 21, 2014
Leonardo DiCaprio is surrounded by people taking selfies with him #PeoplesCIimate
— Christopher Robbins (@ChristRobbins) September 21, 2014
Update: Even more!
Creepshots: Leo & Sting & Ed Norton & Mark Ruffalo ! [MUST CREDIT http://t.co/mJfOe4KLlC] #PeoplesCIimate pic.twitter.com/eU7tD5oUUH
— Christopher Robbins (@ChristRobbins) September 21, 2014
At the climate march. Yay planet earth. Disturbing amount of tie-dye here tho pic.twitter.com/4PcdIwoPNy
— Caleb Hunt (@keirebuhanto) September 21, 2014
— Andrea Bernstein (@AndreaWNYC) September 21, 2014
Lots of signs show concern with tar sands, fracking and other non conventional oil wells. #PeopleClimateMarch pic.twitter.com/y3WTSmZScl
— Nicolás Medina Mora (@MedinaMora) September 21, 2014
Lots & lots of young folks in #ClimateMarch. Last time I saw so many young folks marching was in Vietnam War protests pic.twitter.com/LyRNv2W657
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) September 21, 2014
Leonardo DiCaprio joins the march. #PeoplesClimateMarch #PeoplesCIimate pic.twitter.com/rjEhBlnnCZ
— Natasha Madov (@sulfurica) September 21, 2014
Climate March ready to start in Upper West Side of Manhattan. Left-winged insects in attendance. #PeoplesMarch pic.twitter.com/TJwXyepF1s
— Nicolás Medina Mora (@MedinaMora) September 21, 2014
This guy though. #climatemarch pic.twitter.com/lOK4bf014v
— Zoë Schlanger (@zoeschlanger) September 21, 2014
This artist from Brooklyn calls his mobile cave, "Earth's delegation to the UN." pic.twitter.com/adQpCTEU5j
— Annie Correal (@anniecorreal) September 21, 2014
Cassidy Scantlen, 2, in his fish costume. pic.twitter.com/RGvmNzmY04
— Kenneth Rosen (@kenneth_rosen) September 21, 2014
It seems the celebrities are clogging things up at certain areas of the march because people keep stopping to take photos with them/of them:
ha ha but really: the celebrities are a mobile hair clog for this march, NYPD getting agitated #PeoplesCIimate
— Christopher Robbins (@ChristRobbins) September 21, 2014
#FamousPeoplesMarch pic.twitter.com/5bdBQqmvMR
— Christopher Robbins (@ChristRobbins) September 21, 2014
Also, somebody built an ark:
Noah's ark! pic.twitter.com/stIJCExqMH
— Sarah Nir (@SarahMaslinNir) September 21, 2014
Updates: Even more colorful signs, celeb sightings, and a moment of silence.
Utterly overwhelming--this is the largest political gathering about anything in America in at least a decade
— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) September 21, 2014
Leonardo DiCaprio marches with indigenous groups @Peoples_Climate in NYC. pic.twitter.com/aOoKZEZ0hM
— M. Scott Mahaskey (@smahaskey) September 21, 2014
Profiting from climate change. pic.twitter.com/RGBG0DubkG
— Kenneth Rosen (@kenneth_rosen) September 21, 2014
Corporations and right-wing donors as skeletons. #PeopleClimateMarch pic.twitter.com/VV1RLRM7vk
— Nicolás Medina Mora (@MedinaMora) September 21, 2014
Mayor De Blasio marching w/ Al Gore & a ton of NYPD, including Asst Chief Thomas Galati of NYPD Intel #PeoplesCIimate pic.twitter.com/xhLbFpkx0O
— Christopher Robbins (@ChristRobbins) September 21, 2014
The legendary primatologist Jane Goodall. Also DeBlasio and Gore. Mystery man at right w/ ear thing. #climatemarch pic.twitter.com/pr0f20IGs6
— Will Dizard (@willdizard) September 21, 2014
#PeoplesClimate March 72nd and Central Park pic.twitter.com/FVfV80KdJl
— N Friedman-Rudovsky (@NoahFR) September 21, 2014
Some meditation in the grass along the march route. #climatemarch pic.twitter.com/QHzaqZ7uFp
— Zoë Schlanger (@zoeschlanger) September 21, 2014
Overhead view of #PeoplesClimate march on Sixth Avenue, New York. #2030NOW pic.twitter.com/EAaAHd2CTx
— Andrew Katz (@katz) September 21, 2014
Protest watching parties are in chairs on the sidewalk on Central Park West pic.twitter.com/NT4dFNmlvl
— Sarah Nir (@SarahMaslinNir) September 21, 2014
This gentleman #PeoplesCIimate pic.twitter.com/1Q6tSOh6nc
— Christopher Robbins (@ChristRobbins) September 21, 2014
There was a moment of silence around 1 p.m.:
Hands are raised in the air for a moment of silence at the People's Climate March pic.twitter.com/JIKuzddbtI
— Aaron Short (@aaronshortstory) September 21, 2014
Ok, that moment of silence was legit cool.
— Nick Rizzo (@nickrizzo) September 21, 2014
Update: More floats, more signs, more participants.
People wave to participants in the Climate March walking along Sixth Avenue (Photo: @jakenaughton for NYT) pic.twitter.com/Db7oXdvvbi
— NYT Metro Desk (@NYTMetro) September 21, 2014
I Want To Teach My Kids How To Ski sign guy fortunately very bashful pic.twitter.com/KVkzW4SuUq
— Helen Holmes (@helenyells) September 21, 2014
At the People's Climate March with this enormous inflatable cow, solid Sunday. pic.twitter.com/DcLO0q8APj
— Kelly Weill (@KELLYWEILL) September 21, 2014
We found a roof #PeoplesCIimate pic.twitter.com/uDoxHzeDAg
— Christopher Robbins (@ChristRobbins) September 21, 2014
"I'm marching for the tree." cc @TruthAboutTrees #trees #PeoplesClimateMarch pic.twitter.com/DSYEsp0e0a
— Anna Hiatt (@ahiatt) September 21, 2014
Times Square's costumed characters are adapting to the #PeoplesClimate march pic.twitter.com/12J9Shq0BK
— Christopher Robbins (@ChristRobbins) September 21, 2014
#PeopleClimateMarch pic.twitter.com/Sbo2gODtzq
— John Del Signore (@johndelsignore) September 21, 2014
Science! #PeoplesClimateMarch pic.twitter.com/fzRLsHvLGF
— Sarah Leonard (@sarahrlnrd) September 21, 2014
Up the #bikeblock @Peoples_Climate #climateaction #PeoplesClimateMarch pic.twitter.com/D6r7j0Yb3m
— Alessandra Renzi (@RenziAle) September 21, 2014
I haven't walked in months. Today I walked 60 NYC Blocks for the #PeoplesClimate March pic.twitter.com/KcOi98GjeX
— Marvin Bing (@MarvinBing) September 21, 2014
Folks still waiting to march at 83rd. #PeoplesClimate #PeoplesClimateMarch @MathaiWanjira @kuminaidoo pic.twitter.com/H1pRZXJfaM
— cynthia ryan (@cynryan) September 21, 2014
Environmental justice is climate justice. #JustTransition @UPROSE @NYCEJAlliance pic.twitter.com/62NfPsi38t
— People's Climate (@Peoples_Climate) September 21, 2014
This generation: also not apathetic #PeoplesClimate pic.twitter.com/u3ZgEYssFy
— Rachel Stark (@syntactics) September 21, 2014
LAguardia high school in NYC ...located just minutes from the march route :) pic.twitter.com/EHmKML4TrP
— People's Climate (@Peoples_Climate) September 21, 2014
Even the United Nations is getting in on the action:
Ban Ki-moon at #PeoplesClimate March w/ @AlGore, @JaneGoodallInst @LaurentFabius @RoyalSegolene & more pic.twitter.com/jsNM5l3CLU #Climate2014
— United Nations (@UN) September 21, 2014
Update: We have the first official count of how many people showed up for today's march: 310,000.
Official--and very conservative--crowd count is 310,000. 4x larger than any climate rally ever
— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) September 21, 2014
Probably much larger than 310k-- but even at that the biggest protest about anything in America in a very long time
— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) September 21, 2014
Update: The Parade is still marching on, but it's almost over now. Check out a few final images, Tweets and aerial footage of the march below.
Even clowns are joining the call. #peoplesclimate pic.twitter.com/E69U71td5G
— People's Climate (@Peoples_Climate) September 21, 2014
The pipeline is twisted. #PeoplesClimateMarch pic.twitter.com/lla6D7B2as
— Sarah Leonard (@sarahrlnrd) September 21, 2014
Amazing the diff in #NYPD at this #Climatemarch Respectful, limited. This is #change we can believe in @NYCLU @CommissBratton @Azi
— Donna Lieberman (@JustAskDonna) September 21, 2014
Douchebag capitalism pic.twitter.com/DEtM32cNUN
— Atossa Abrahamian (@atossaaraxia) September 21, 2014
Capitalism = climate chaos! #FloodWallStreet pic.twitter.com/aR8xEF4gqC
— People's Climate (@Peoples_Climate) September 21, 2014
NYC kid from a Sandy-affected neighborhood. His sign says “Still struggling.” #PeoplesClimate pic.twitter.com/lb3mQhoP5p
— Zoë Schlanger (@zoeschlanger) September 21, 2014
Pagans represent #PeoplesCIimate pic.twitter.com/kh6qwsexae
— Christopher Robbins (@ChristRobbins) September 21, 2014
Waiting for the rump of #PeoplesClimate but the march will likely outlast my phone pic.twitter.com/wwUfWmqhU3
— Christopher Robbins (@ChristRobbins) September 21, 2014
"The 'Debate' Is Over!" #PeoplesCIimate pic.twitter.com/0ZiadtkAEQ
— Christopher Robbins (@ChristRobbins) September 21, 2014
"The 'Debate' Is Over!" #PeoplesCIimate pic.twitter.com/0ZiadtkAEQ
— Christopher Robbins (@ChristRobbins) September 21, 2014