Climate activists target Charles Darwin's grave with chalk paint, in the latest controversial disruptive action by protesters over the UK government's environmental policies. Two Just Stop Oil (JSO) supporters are seen spray-painting with chalk "1.5 is dead" on the 19th-century biologist's grave in Westminster Abbey in central London, a reference to the internationally agreed target upper limit for global warming, which the world breached in 2024.
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00:00We have already passed through the 1.5 degree that was supposed to keep us safe.
00:13Millions are being displaced, California is on fire, and three quarters of all wildlife
00:21has disappeared since the 1970s.
00:25Our government plans will bring us to three degrees of warming.
00:30This will destroy everything we love.
00:34World leaders must stop burning oil, gas and coal.