Climate change in dangerous, but same goes for protesting against climate change. London’s Metropolitan Police said on Monday it had so far arrested 267 people taking part in demonstrations organised by the climate change protest group Extinction Rebellion.
Thousands of climate-change protesters took to the streets in cities around the world on Monday, launching two weeks of civil disobedience to demand immediate action to cut carbon emissions and avert an ecological disaster.
“As of 1815hrs today (1715 GMT), 276 people have been arrested as part of the Extinction Rebellion protests in London,” the Metropolitan Police said on Twitter.
Protestershave been labelled "uncooperative crusties" by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The demonstrators - who are demanding action on climate change - should abandon their "hemp-smelling bivouacs" and stop blocking roads, the PM added.
Extinction Rebellion activists are protesting in cities around the world, including Berlin, Amsterdam and Sydney.
On Monday, organisers blockaded key sites in central London, in addition to demonstrating outside government departments.
Some glued and chained themselves to roads and vehicles - those who did so outside Westminster Abbey were later removed by police.
Extinction Rebellion (XR for short) wants governments to declare a "climate and ecological emergency" and take immediate action to address climate change.
It describes itself as an international "non-violent civil disobedience activist movement".
Extinction Rebellion was launched in 2018 and organisers say it now has groups willing to take action in dozens of countries.
