Weil

"People really, really need to wake up," said Parisian Veronique Weil, who braved whipping rain to join a climate rally at the city's iconic Place de la République. "The seas are rising, countries are going to disappear. ... It's crazy."

Dozens of friends and community leaders watch as Weil yanks a string that undrapes a street sign that's been renamed "Jack Weil Boulevard."