Taking the opportunity to tell lawmakers exactly what they think of legislative inaction in the face of the growing climate crisis, an estimated 9,000 Brits on Wednesday descended on London’s Westminster Abbey to lobby Members of Parliament (MPs) to add climate change to their agenda.
Beekeepers, surfers, nuns, children, and faith leaders were among the stakeholders present who were urged by protest organizers to “speak up to their MPs about what they love that’s affected by climate change.”
Roughly 9,000 constituents reportedly queued up in the “lobby line” before meeting face-to-face with individual MPs.
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“Politicians hear a lot from people who have an interest in keeping fossil fuels burning and our temperature warming. Let’s make sure that, as they start out in a new parliament, they hear instead from the vast majority of us who want a cleaner, safer and more sustainable world,” wrote the Climate Coalition, which organized the protest and includes over 100 members that range from big international environmental organizations to grassroots and social justice groups.
Those who were unable to attend were encouraged to write their local MP.
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Guardian reporter Emma Howard spoke to a number of those participating in the day of action. She writes:
Schoolchildren also took part: Ava and Ruby, both aged eight, from London, met their MP, Labour’s Vicky Foxcroft, of Lewisham Deptford.
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