Fiona found out how XR aim to make ecocide an international law; although some countries including the UK have passed legislation to curtail the carbon emissions and detrimental environmental impacts of global businesses, these do not prevent transnational organisations from committing what XR regard as criminal climate activity. Look forward, the group want people to donate a one-off payment of €5 to help fund the lawyers who are drafting the international legislation.
Carla Denyer, a Bristol Green Party Councillor and Green MP candidate for Bristol West, spoke about a proposal she put forward to the Bristol City Council in November last year, calling on the city’s mayor to declare a climate emergency and to bring Bristol’s CO2 emissions target forwards 20 years to 2030. Councillors backed the motion, and Bristol now has ambitious emissions targets that have resulted in radical policy implications. Since then, over 70 other UK local authorities have followed suit by passing similar motions, including the London Assembly.
The now iconic Red Rebel Brigade were also at Trafalgar square; “they are totally silent, performing, almost dancing in a slow and considered manner,” says Fiona, who found the group’s presence incredibly impactful.