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London (UK), Aug 23 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Raúl Bobé / Andy Rain) Thousands of activists from the environmental organization "Extinction Rebellion" gathered this Monday in the streets of London to protest against the inaction of the British government on climate matters and demand the cessation of the use of fossil fuels.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION 'EXTINCTION REBELLION' IN LONDON (UNITED KINGDOM).SOUNDBITES FROM LAUTARO LLAYUX, INDIGENOUS ACTIVIST FROM THE COLOMBIAN MUSICA PEOPLE; OF ACTIVIST; AND FROM CLARYSSA CARYLON, SPEAKER FOR EXTINCTION REBELLION UK.
Climate change activists with the Extinction Rebellion group protest outside the Brazilian embassy in London to denounce the inaction of Jair Bolsonaro's government on Amazon deforestation and on fighting the fires ravaging the rainforest for weeks. Official figures show nearly 73,000 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in the first eight months of the year -- the highest number for any year since 2013. Most were in the Amazon. IMAGES
Oxfam's latest report on inequality shows that two-thirds of global wealth created since the COVID-19 pandemic has gone to the top 1% of earners. As the 2023 World Economic Forum gets underway, the anti-poverty NGO is calling for windfall taxes on wealthy individuals and corporate profits. France 24 Business Editor Kate Moody speaks with Oxfam Executive Director Gabriela Bucher from Davos.
German police officers begin removing climate activists perched precariously on high structures after they embarked on an operation to evacuate a protest camp that has become a symbol of resistance against fossil fuels. Luetzerath, a village in North Rhine-Westphalia state, has been turned over to around 2,000 anti-coal activists who are trying to prevent the site from being dug up for coal. IMAGES
In Paris climate activists spray-painted the Ministry of Ecology in the latest protest attack on government buildings over what they see as a lack of action on the environment
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