Yesterday at around 3pm a group of 50 activists from Greenpeace broke onto the Parliamentary estate and climbed onto the roof of Westminster Hall to protest against what they see as a weak government position on climate change.
The protesters stayed overnight on the roof for what was quite a cold night. During the night around [...]
Today kicked off a week of protests in advance of next weeks G20 summit in London. Today’s protest, which was the largest in London for five years, saw 150 trade unions, charities, and campaigning organisations unite under the banner of “Put People First”.
The estimated 40,000 (felt like more to me!) people marching through London [...]
As well as speakers from the various campaigns that make up the Climate Change Campaign (No New Coal, No Airport Expansion) today’s National March was addressed by three political figures.
First up was the Leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg MP. He was joined by the Lib Dem MP Susan Kramer who is a vocal [...]
Around the world today, protests were held as part of a global day of action to coincide with the UN Climate talks being held in Poland. In London hundreds (maybe thousands) took part in the National Climate March through Central London.
This years march had four key themes -
1) No to New Coal [...]
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