THE federal government was "sacrificing the planet for politics" by not taking stronger action to combat climate change, a rally in Sydney has been told.
Thousands of protesters, many in plastic ponchos or huddling under umbrellas, braved wild weather in Sydney's Prince Alfred Park on Sunday to call for stronger action on climate change.
Organised by social activist group GetUp!, the rally is one of more than 100 similar events throughout the country, with a total of about 50,000 people expected to take part.
"Today is a challenging period in our political history. It's a time when our government is sacrificing our planet for politics," GetUp! campaigns director Erin McCallum told a crowd carrying placards with slogans such as "Aim higher on climate", "Turn up the heat, choose solar power" and "Hands off our carbon tax Abbott".
Ms McCallum said the "government might have turned climate change into a political football but they weren't counting on us to play ball".
Police estimated between 3500 and 5000 people were at the Sydney event.
Deputy federal opposition leader Tanya Plibersek said the government needed to get back to basics on climate change.
"Australia is going backwards, the rest of the world is going forwards accepting that climate change is real and accepting that we must act," Ms Plibersek told the crowd, receiving applause.
"Australia can't go backwards in the face of global action.
"Is climate change real? Yes. Was climate action working? Yes."
The rally also heard from firefighters concerned about more fire danger from hotter temperatures, the Greens, and former resources executive Ian Dunlop.
Benson Koschinksi, 18, was at the event as part of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. He said the federal government's climate policy wasn't good enough.
"It's probably the effectiveness of farting in a typhoon," he told AAP.
"Around the world we're seeing action, but here we've got a leader who's axing credible climate policy."
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