Schoolchildren in Newtown held a climate change protest as world leaders gather for the G7 summit in Cornwall.

St Mary's Catholic Primary School pupils held banners and posters bearing messages reading “The eyes of the world are upon you" as they called for the UK Government to put the world's poorest and most vulnerable people at the heart of the decisions they make.

Isla, 11, said: "Most of the time it's the rich countries that are doing the climate change but the poorer countries are getting affected by it and they're not causing it. We're trying to inform the world leaders that we need to do this now or we won't be able to in future."

Faith added: "It's really important that we need to change because it's all terrible. We need to make a difference and they [governments] need to do something big about it."

William, nine, said action needs to be taken before climate change becomes "irreversible, while nine-year-old Mia worries that melting ice in the Antarctic will put penguins in danger.

She said: "We're here to make sure that we make a difference. We've written top tips to Boris Johnson on how to save the world."

The protest was part of a national campaign 'Eyes of the World' with international development charity CAFOD.

Sarah Ruggeri, headteacher, said: "The coronavirus pandemic exposed many of the inadequacies of how our world currently works. It has proved that we need greater cooperation between nations, solidarity between people and a greater focus on the poorest in society.

"It is so inspiring for the whole community to see the young people form St Mary''s Catholic Primary School raising their voices and showing that they want decisive action not tomorrow but today."