Hundreds of people are staging “protest of one” road blocks on Saturday to demonstrate against the Government’s lack of action on climate change.
The stunt, organised by pressure group Extinction Rebellion (XR), sees individuals sitting alone in busy roads wearing signs with messages about their fears for the future.
The protest began at 11am on May 1 – two years exactly since Parliament declared a climate emergency.
Morgan Trowland, 38, glued himself to London’s Tower Bridge, prompting City of London Police to close it to southbound traffic.
“I’m terrified billions will die because of the #ClimateCrisis, humans and non-humans. I’m freaking out that many people are accepting this, or feel powerless. I want to show onlookers that we each have phenomenal power.” Morgan, civil engineer, #RebellionOfOne on Tower Bridge pic.twitter.com/1ikoUPosMB
Nurse Andrea Muntiu, 36, blocked traffic in her home town of Ipswich.
She said: “People may wonder what a nurse is doing sitting in the road with a placard. They may wonder what impact this will have on my career or whether I’ll get in trouble with the police.
“I am aware of the risks but I feel I have a moral duty to warn people about the catastrophic consequences of the climate crisis.”
She added: “We can still change things, we can demand the Government acts now and safeguards what we have.”
Lynda Duffill, a 53-year-old mental health trainer and volunteer manager from north Pembrokeshire who sat in the road in Haverfordwest, said: “I fear for the next generation’s future. I work with young people and have two young adult children myself.
Nurse Andrea Muntiu, 36, blocked traffic in her home town of Ipswich.
She said: “People may wonder what a nurse is doing sitting in the road with a placard. They may wonder what impact this will have on my career or whether I’ll get in trouble with the police.
“I am aware of the risks but I feel I have a moral duty to warn people about the catastrophic consequences of the climate crisis.”
She added: “We can still change things, we can demand the Government acts now and safeguards what we have.”
Lynda Duffill, a 53-year-old mental health trainer and volunteer manager from north Pembrokeshire who sat in the road in Haverfordwest, said: “I fear for the next generation’s future. I work with young people and have two young adult children myself.
Extinction Rebellion climate campaigners stage hundreds âprotest of oneâ road blocks across UK
It is exactly two years since Parliament declared a climate emergency.
14:20, 1 MAY 2021
Updated (Image: Manchester Evening News)
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Hundreds of solo protesters are staging âprotest of oneâ road blocks across the UK today to demonstrate against the Governmentâs lack of action on climate change.