23 more people arrested during Extinction Rebellion protests in London

Over 1,000 people have now been arrested during the climate change protests.

Police watch Extinction Rebellion protesters at their final destination of Parliament Square. Source: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Images

Of those arrested today, 12 are women and 11 are men. They are aged between 19 and 70. They all remain in police custody at this time. On Sunday, Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg – who has become the face of the anti-climate change movement – addressed the demonstrators, telling them: “Humanity is standing at a crossroads.”

Campaigners want governments to declare a climate and ecological emergency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2025, halt biodiversity loss and be led by new “citizens’ assemblies on climate and ecological justice.

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