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Thousands of environmentalists from the Extinction Rebellion group in London today launched two-week demonstrations calling on governments to act urgently to combat climate change.
Agence France-Presse reported that the demonstrators raised flags and banners bearing the slogans "Planet Earth Before Profit" and headed to Trafalgar Square in the center of the capital, where speeches were to be given.
Amidst a heavy security presence, some people cut off the streets leading to the square, while others placed a giant table with a sign calling on leaders and citizens to negotiate in order to save the planet.
“With floods, fires and famines in the world, it is clear that climate change is a reality and there is an urgent need to take urgent action,” the participants said in a statement, stressing that “everyone has their say on the greatest crisis of our time.”
Demonstrators are calling on the British government to halt all investments in fossil fuels, while the United Kingdom is due to host the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, in November.
In 2019, the Extinction Rebellion group carried out a series of moves in the United Kingdom and the world, and after raids in the London financial center, the police banned protests in the British capital and arrested 1,828 people in ten days.
