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Protesters gather in Tokyo for a fresh round of global protests against climate change, heeding the call to action from 16-year-old climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg. IMAGES
People in London take part in the "Restore Nature Now" protest, supported by Extinction Rebellion (XR), National Trust and WWF. British actress Emma Thompson and Nemonte Nenquimo, Indigenous activist and member of the Waorani Nation from the Amazonian region of Ecuador, marched together, holding a banner. IMAGES
EU foreign ministers hold talks with their counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar as part of a diplomatic push for a two-state solution after the Gaza war. The meeting comes as two member states, Ireland and Spain, prepare to recognize the State of Palestine. IMAGES
Greta Thunberg and other environmental activists gather outside the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, northeastern France, which is due to rule in three separate cases to decide wether states are doing enough in the face of climate change. IMAGES
The OPEC oil cartel says there is no "single solution" to the energy transition as pressure grows to agree a phase-out of fossil fuels at the COP28 climate talks. "There is no single solution or path to achieve a sustainable energy future," said a speech by OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al Ghais to the Dubai summit read on his behalf by the head of the cartel's research division, Ayed al-Qahtani. SOUNDBITE