Wildlife presenter urges people to join action on climate crisis during mass protest supported by more than 200 organisations
On Saturday, which is also the 53rd Earth Day, Packham told protesters their “mission” was to “build as wide a community as possible”.Photograph: Loredana Sangiuliano/SOPA Images/Shutterstock
Edwina Lawson, 42, who was at Parliament Square with her children, aged three and six, said XR’s protests were “easier” for families to support than Just Stop Oil, but she felt more radical activists were “very, very brave”., said: “Like everyone else, I’m really, really concerned that the powers that be are not paying attention to the climate crisis and things are getting worse.
Veteran XR protester Jo Clark, 39, also from Tottenham, said she felt “heartened to see so many people come out in support”. “We declared a climate emergency in legislation but there is nothing that’s being done to meet those targets. We’re continuing to licence new gas and oil which is going to continue to drive us over the edge … It is scary, but buck up and deal with it.”
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