Climate activists prepared to be jailed if it means change
As climate-change protests and protesters get more desperate, so authorities may take more desperate measures to quiet them
07 July 2019 - 08:25
London — British lawyer Farhana Yamin spent three decades writing papers on climate-change threats, speaking on panels, and advising vulnerable countries on climate policy. But none of it led to much action to stop global warming, she says.
So in April she tried a new tactic: glueing herself to the door of oil company Shell’s headquarters in London, as part of a civil disobedience campaign for climate action, spearheaded by the Extinction Rebellion group...
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