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Added on the 02/09/2021 15:57:39 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The group of environmental activists Extinction Rebellion ('XR') begins ‘weekend of resistance’ with march from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street in London, to denounce the use of fossil fuels and inaction on climate change, while the country is going through a political and economic crisis linked to the rise in energy prices that just led Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her Finance minister. IMAGES
'Extinction Rebellion' climate protesters close London's iconic Tower Bridge to traffic and hang from the roadway on climbing ropes, unfurling a banner reading 'End fossil fuels now'. The action marks the start of a week of protests by the environmental group, also known as XR, who often use civil disobediance to gain attention for their cause. IMAGES
Members of the environmental movement Extinction Rebellion demonstrate in the heart of London, next to the London museum, against the financing of fossil fuel industries by lenders in the City, as part of two weeks of planned action. IMAGES
Supporters of the environmental group Extinction Rebellion gather in Oxford Circus, London, for the third day of a two-week climate change protest campaign called 'Impossible Rebellion'. IMAGES
Extinction Rebellion climate activists gather outside the Bank of England in London on the final day of their new series of "mass rebellions". IMAGES