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Why people chained themselves to a giant table in the centre of London
Climate change activists want the UK government to come to the table, so they put a giant table in the centre of London’s West End
Extinction Rebellion took to the streets to demand the UK government to stop using fossil fuels
The group chained themselves to the pink table’s legs to protest “that climate breakdown is here now”
(Sam Hancock/The Independent)
Other Campaigners held placards with messages like “Code red, where’s the action”
The protest group is planning to disrupt London for days.
The environmental campaign group says thousands of people are expected to take part in their “Impossible Rebellion”, which plans to “target the root cause of the climate and ecological crisis”.
It comes after the IPCC confirmed that human activity such as burning fossil fuels is driving the climate crisis, causing deadly heatwaves, floods and storms.