TIME is running out to stop catastrophic climate change. It’s already causing devastating human suffering, with people facing extreme weather, hunger and losing their homes across the globe.

And by disrupting wildlife habitats faster than species can adapt, climate change is pushing many plants and animals to the brink of extinction.

But instead of urgently cutting emissions, Donald Trump — the leader of the world’s largest economy — is trying to boost fossil fuels and slash environmental regulations.

If anything, the US needs to lead the way with climate action as it’s historically the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions.

Trump is shamelessly dodging his responsibility to solve a problem the US, Britain and other wealthy nations played a massive part in creating.

That’s why Friends of the Earth joined 250,000 people to protest against Trump’s visit to Britain last summer. But it doesn’t look like he’s got the message — he’s back again today for a full state visit.

So, this summer we’ll be back out on the streets, alongside thousands of others, marching against Trump’s appalling environmental track record and the bigotry he peddles.

Trump’s inaction on climate chaos isn’t just bad for our environment, it also worsens social inequality.

Marginalised communities are often the first to feel the impacts of environmental destruction, despite contributing the least to the problem.

The wealthiest 10 per cent of humanity are responsible for 50 per cent of global carbon emissions. In shocking contrast, the poorest 50 per cent of the world’s population are responsible for 10 per cent of global carbon emissions.

This deepening inequality is noticeable across the world as sea levels rise and extreme weather events becomes more likely and intense.

In the US, poorer and more vulnerable communities — many members of which are Bame — are less able to escape the effects of hurricanes and wildfires as typically it’s only richer people who can afford to move.

Poorer people breathe the filthiest air and don’t even have access to water deemed consistently safe.

On the other side of the globe, people on island nations like Tuvalu in the Pacific have had no choice but to flee their homes from rising sea levels and are struggling to seek refuge in other countries. This isn’t what climate justice looks like.

But, if we do something about climate breakdown, we can build a fairer and greener world, with green jobs, warm homes, clean air and thriving nature for wildlife.

In Britain, the solutions to the climate crisis are clear and are being fought for across the country. It’s time to end the age of austerity and instead provide massive investment in the renewables industry, expansion of clean public transport, huge insulation schemes and the doubling of tree cover.

We need a fair and just transition for working people and communities to a low-carbon economy — meaning people working in high-carbon sectors should be redeployed or retrained with the fullest protections.

These are sensible measures that have an eye on future jobs security.

Who disagrees that this kind of ambitious thinking should come from the so-called leader of the free world?

But instead of working to fix the challenge posed by runaway climate change, Trump has said he’ll pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement, has appointed a cabinet full of climate deniers, and has proposed to fast-track new fossil fuel infrastructure.

It’s clear Trump’s policies and behaviours are pushing us away from a positive future for both people and planet.

He wilfully dismisses science and appears indifferent to anyone suffering from his policies. Our political representatives here need to tell Trump, in no uncertain terms, to stop hurtling us towards climate catastrophe and create a fair, safe future for everyone.

The time is surely now to build an international movement to deliver climate justice, shift rapidly to renewables and ensure that wealthier countries like the US and Britain help poorer, more vulnerable countries deal with climate change they didn’t cause.

We stand with everyone resisting Trump in the US — the grassroots campaign for a green new deal, the women’s movement, Black Lives Matter and the US cities and states that are taking climate action despite Trump.

There’s a world of reasons to march against Trump — and we hope you join us.

Thousands of us who know that climate chaos ruins lives and livelihoods will be taking to the streets next week, because the climate denier-in-chief needs to know we won’t stand idly by and normalise his disastrous policies.

Together, we will resist the direction he wants to take, just as we resist everything he represents now: there’s just too much at stake.

The Together Against Trump protest takes place tomorrow, assembling in London’s Trafalgar Square from 11am.