Extinction Rebellion activists today stepped up their London protests by targeting the capital's transport network, clambering on top of the carriage of a Docklands Light Railway train to unfurl a banner reading "Climate Emergency". Thousands have taken part in the movement, which calls for urgent action to fight humans' warming of the Earth's atmosphere.
Since Monday, the "Extinction Rebellion" has blocked areas at Marble Arch, Waterloo Bridge, Parliament Square and Oxford Circus.
Campaigners have been ordered to restrict their protests to Marble Arch after they caused widespread... It is calling on the United Kingdom government to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2025 and establish a citizens' assembly to devise an emergency plan of action to tackle climate breakdown and biodiversity loss.