Climate change activists block London bridges with sit-down protests
The Extinction Rebellion demonstrators said the UK could face starvation without a change in policy.
Climate change protesters have warned of starvation in the UK as hundreds of activists caused major disruption in a mass demonstration on London bridges.
Gail Bradbrook, one of the organisers of Saturday’s Extinction Rebellion sit-down protests on five central London bridges, claimed that if the Government does not change environmental policy, “we could easily be facing starvation in the UK if the weather effect continues as it is”.
“We need to be building resilience in our communities,” she added.
“We need to go to net zero carbon really quickly. And we’re also asking for a people’s assembly so people can decide how the change happens.
“We’ll know when governments are doing different things, it could feel like a war, a beautiful war. It’s going to be huge.”
It follows a week of protests around the UK under the banner Extinction Rebellion.
On Monday, 22 people were arrested after protesters blocked traffic and glued themselves to entry gates at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
The organisers estimate that 50 people have been arrested for protest action this week.
On Saturday, campaigners expressed anger at the current state of climate policy.
He said: “We’re living in a time where we know we’re destroying the planet through our activities causing dangerous quantities of CO2.
“We’re destroying the life systems on which we depend and are on course to turn the planet into something uninhabitable.”
