--- title: See Thousands March for Climate Change description: 400,000 people took to the streets of New York City Sunday to participate in the People's Climate March, which attracted celebrities like Edward Norton, and leaders like UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon canonical: https://time.com/3415610/peoples-climate-march-new-york/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-22T01:25:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:42.951Z article:section: Politics og:title: See Thousands March for Climate Change og:description: 400,000 people took to the streets of New York City Sunday to participate in the People's Climate March, which attracted celebrities like Edward Norton, and leaders like UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon og:url: https://time.com/3415610/peoples-climate-march-new-york/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e182c9c6754cefe/6986a48f1eebf74e6c372c25/2014-09-21t184541z_907000739_gm1ea9m02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: People take part in a march against climate change in New York og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Thousands March for Climate Change twitter:description: 400,000 people took to the streets of New York City Sunday to participate in the People's Climate March, which attracted celebrities like Edward Norton, and leaders like UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e182c9c6754cefe/6986a48f1eebf74e6c372c25/2014-09-21t184541z_907000739_gm1ea9m02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Thousands March for Climate Change > Sponsored content. 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Eduardo Munoz—Reuters by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Sep 22, 2014 1:25 AM UTC  Hundreds of thousands of protesters take part in the People's Climate March in Manhattan, in New York City, on Sept. 21, 2014 John Minchillo—AP Images  Demonstrators at the front of the march in Manhattan. Eduardo Munoz—Reuters  Marchers roll a model of planet Earth. Timothy Fadek—Bloomberg/Getty Images  A protester with "One Planet" drawn on her face takes part in the "People's Climate March" down 6th Ave. Carlo Allegri—Reuters  Marchers carry a banner in midtown Manhattan. John Minchillo—AP Images  Marchers sing out as they walk along Sixth Ave. during the People's Climate March in New York, Sept. 21, 2014. Craig Ruttle—AP  A girl dances under a protest parachute. 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