Climate activists placed more than 2,000 pairs of children's shoes in neat rows across London's Trafalgar Square on Monday to demand the British government stop bailing out carbon intensive industries that pollute the environment.
Civil disobedience group Extinction Rebellion lay out 1,500 pairs of children's shoes in Trafalgar Square in central London in a protest to demand the government adopts a climate-friendly economic recovery plan, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , London, Britain May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
In the shadow of Nelson’s Column, Extinction Rebellion activists lined up the shoes across the square and unfurled a banner reading “Covid Today > Climate Tomorrow > Act Now.” The shoes, arranged across the paving of the near-deserted central London tourist attraction, were donated by people across the city and will be given to Shoe Aid following the action.
It says it wants non-violent civil disobedience to force governments to cut carbon emissions and avert a climate crisis it says will bring starvation and social collapse.
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