Hello John
This September has been the hottest ever globally, by an ‘extraordinary’ 0.5C margin - and 2023 is on course to be the warmest year on record.1
We will not stand by while our futures are destroyed. Last weekend, we had the first UK-wide monthly Day Of Action. Thousands of people across the UK came out to demand a better future. Here are just a few of the 40+ actions that took place.
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The Government has given the green light to Rosebank, a new oil field in the North Sea, as well as licences for hundreds more fossil fuel projects. We protested in Nottingham, Aberdeen, Sheffield, Oxford, Huddersfield, London and Cambridge.
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We targeted Defra offices in London, York, Reading, Newcastle and Bristol. This action was in response to the Government's State of Nature report. It showed that the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth with one in six species at risk of extinction. Pollinators such as bees, hoverflies and moths, have decreased by 18%. The action was led by Chris Packham and supported by 40 environmental NGOs.
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We held People's Assemblies in York and Stratford upon Avon, and training and outreach in Birmingham and Lincoln. This citizen's survey was part of outreach by XR Lincoln.
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Raw sewage pumped into our rivers and seas are making them deadly places for plants, animals - and us. These rebels are in Kirby Stephen (Cumbria), where raw sewage flowed into the River Eden 135 times in 2022 alone. Actions also took place in Coventry and Lincolnshire.
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The financial sector is brilliant at greenwashing but that doesn’t change the truth: they continue to commit climate crimes. XR Birmingham staged a die-in to raise the voices of people who have already lost their loved ones or their lives because our banks are still funding the climate crisis. Find out how oily your bank is.
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We also staged die-ins and other actions at Barclays in Liverpool, Cardiff, Leicester and Newcastle. Anne from South Shields said: “I am a grandmother to three beautiful little ones. I’m taking part in this action to draw attention to the crisis that we’re in now…I won’t be a bystander.”
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XR South East hosted an uprising event in Brighton - a day of arts, creativity, music and workshops, to upskill, connect and mobilise to demand an end to the fossil fuel era.
Get involved
Local actions will be held across the UK on the last Saturday of the month for the next six months. Find an action near you.
Love and rage,
XR UK
Sources
1. BBC: Warmest September on record as global temperatures soar, 5th October 2023
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