we may think our water supplies for the last forever. but. when the rainstorm. starts march 20th on the streets of new. protesting to save the planet for months the global environmental movement extinction rebellion has been making headlines calling for political leaders to act on the climate emergency the activists are willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen. event. to lose my little teeth feels actually a small price to pay. back. i this movement here in the

middle of a city where people need to work ok i don't think it's good for the climate scientists and oddly enough so extinction rebellion they really need it up the public reaction is divided how far should protests be allowed to go. to. make it a little bit to take a. december 2019 the annual u.n. climate change conference is underway in madrid. representatives from $200.00 countries have come together to negotiate agreements on effective ways to limit global warming. that. i just outside the conference center thousands are calling for immediate action to avert what they see as an impending catastrophe. among the most radical protesters are members of extinction rebellion

otherwise known as x r i'm. 7 not ready to go. skiing or wrath or from the u.k. as a founding member of extinction rebellion she spends months on the road for the cause . normally she'd be out on the streets with the protesters. but here in madrid she's got an appointment with the summit president it's a 1st for x r i was really nervous i was nervous that excited. i feel the weight of responsibility in and trying to. build a relationship that can go on and thrive and create change you know they so far extinction rebellion has focused on mass demonstrations now the group is exploring diplomatic options as well. you know tobar 2019 the movement staged

a series of protests in london that caused widespread disruption. the aim of the demonstration was to get the british government to take urgent action to tackle climate change thousands of activists camped out in the city center stina rath or was there to. get a lay down and that is how can i get let this happen. as a mother. i think you oughta i think. i'm going to. lay down and roll over unless this violence stops. that's why she came to london to take part in the 2 week protest. she came to organize discussion panels bring activists together and give speeches. we want to move the government to meet our. i don't we're not being unreasonable way saying

feast trust he said listen to the scientists the academics the resurgence this civilization is in danger of collapsing. and. what are we going to do about it together. thor's activism is motivated by very personal reasons. i have 3 children and i feel a deep sense of responsibility for. this well being something a place where they can have a meaningful life where they can enjoy the abundance of nature and live in harmony with their fellow kindred human souls is happening now and the projection for the next 5 years. is that the middle earth will likely become

barren and we are looking at that to mean 660000000 to 1000000000 refugees and displaced people and we are looking at systems collapsing we are looking at climate shocks in our bread basket. full of those who support extinction rebellion believe that climate change has become a climate breakdown that threatens the future of humanity and that it's imperative that action be taken immediately to reverse this trend. their concerns are backed by scientific evidence. i'm a change it's happening i've studied it for 4 years and. everyone needs to get on board and we need to start the science is out there for anyone who wants to see it it's there for everyone. x

r differs from the more moderate fridays for future movement and that its members openly advocate civil disobedience to call attention to their demands. they want their cause to be impossible to ignore. what some may consider breaking the law they see as an exercise in grassroots democracy as citizens we have the right to protest we have the right to really voice that the world needs to change. the activists have 3 core demands 1st governments must tell the truth about the dangers of global warming and officially declare a climate emergency. second action must be taken immediately. the goal of achieving climate neutrality that is net 0 c o 2 emissions by 2025 must have top priority. 3rd create a truly democratic political process for achieving these goals and

a citizens' assembly. governments would have to take the assembly's recommendations into account. you know need to marry anybody from want to sion because actually in order to meet a crisis everything has to change and not just change it has to be completely rewired and transformed and what it means is democracy is why didn't just people and it's about the devolution and essentially station oh god. on the 1st day of the protest activists in london glued themselves to scaffolding the police had to use a solvent to free them before they could be arrested. was the driver who was many extinction rebellion protesters actually tried to get themselves arrested was the more people

taken into custody they argue the greater the disruption to the system was that also conveys a message that so many people are willing to fight for climate change there must be something to it. during the 29000 london protests about 1400 of some 30000 activists were taken into custody most held only briefly. at about the same time the london high court ruled that police efforts to stop the protests were unlawful. after that dozens of demonstrators sued the police for false arrest. extinction rebellion says it now has more than 350 groups and 50 different countries. in new york last year they brought traffic to us. and still. in paris they spilled fake blood down steps near the eiffel tower.

zurich they poured biodegradable dye into the river to call attention to their concerns about pollution. environmental activists of all ages took part. there are about $120.00 x. our chapters in germany including 4 in berlin. parallel for the october demonstration in london an extended protest was held in the german capital police said about 1000 people blocked a busy roundabout causing serious traffic disruptions. activist alex flick was there recording of the berlin protests. over a muslim abodes were clearing off after this is going on in front of. the barman for ministry.

a month later moved to berlin from prague in 2017 on his way to meet a colleague. who joined extinction rebellion in march 29000 videos of protests that are later posted on social media. he also takes part in the demonstrations himself. off the rebel and weekly huts in october of people realized. the topic itself because before people didn't know about the scale of climate crisis so i think nowadays because we kind of shocked the media and the media attention i think they're coming out. because they're to us because are curious and they want to participate in any way they can i guess if they haven't the time. looks appointment is with mary and a bloke who organizes onboarding sessions. information events that introduce and

explain the movement to new members of. its runners are about to look and bloom have spoken several times they've never met her sisters or. together they watch alex crucifix latest video. chat the 1st is it is the world over yeah people. come here and it's really there are more there are all fat. cats left and do you have those reactions on the on this post for example they're all there oh my god they're they're doing fine. some people yeah a few times. and says religion the trolls and. so many people just don't want to have fun like when reading the book but if you sit down today soon you can just float free is there you know the answer you have to know you have to move you have to cheer up. you know extinction rebellion says its campaign is

a political wake up that's in the same time that we've been criticized for that and what's interesting is that it comes from the far right and the far left school or the left to say we're not radical enough and they accuse us of not being sufficiently anticapitalist. oh but that's not our fault the capitalist most could take over me and we are guided by the principle that we will do what we have to do to achieve our goal of the good seed bizarre and that is to create a future that will be worth living for everyone is just that it has nothing to do with politics left all right that makes a place lisa to. marianna bloom as a professional cabaret performer who donates her time to extinction rebellion. took his commitment a step further. that's my profession bought for

rebelling week i could job. done during about a week. being in a field being in the action and shooting everything and posting so. i was super busy when i was the full time job playing during the running week if someone doesn't care about environment at all it's just like bit like suicidal you know. this report not really going to read the latest reports how grim it could be even in like 20 years with shortages of food water and whatever. you know we would be stupid not to do anything against in the 1st place. mommy on a boom is on her way to host an orientation event for new members similar events are held in several different german cities and there's no need to register in advance. like is going to film tonight session with his mobile phone a good. girl or you all.

will be during the evening the latest climate research is presented and the movement's core demands are outlined goals politicians must declare a climate emergency carbon neutrality must be achieved by 2025 and a citizens assembly must be created to address environmental problems. that these assemblies will be informed by experts the older people from the also industry are also welcome but it won't be that people from the auto and energy industries can love me the ministry for months on end with environmentalist only van on occasion much as i my. ex our members should it here to 10 principles they include no blaming and shaming. members are not allowed to criticize other individuals like people who drive s.u.v.s or eat meat they must focus on the system as a whole and can see the most one can then mankad other principle is nonviolent extinction

rebellion he does for calm. the monthly's welcome everyone just as they are but if all you want to do is throw rocks all scream at the police then exxon is not for you for example we would never attack coal miners school or even criticize. the bill in fact we'd like to see coal miners join us when we hold sit down strikes. on selfish quite songs that's not a. name if that's human on the movement has a decentralized leadership structure. that has a sort of whom usually there's a boss or head who tells people what to do. is get broken we don't have a leadership hierarchy. and. this is stroud a town in southwestern england that's home to about 13000 people. it's environmentally friendly culture has been attracting free thinkers and artistic types for many

years. it was here that extinction rebellion was founded in october 28th seen by about 20 activists who were frustrated that their demands for reforms were being ignored so they decided to adopt a radical protest programme that included acts of civil disobedience. skin around thought lives here with her family. rural life helps her to cope with the stress of taking part in protests. there is a risk to ration that happens to me at home with my children being with them cooking and listening to them but also in my garden in the woods that we live next to me and. yeah so it's so important to put my feet back who feels much actually and what feels like the reason. the members of extinction

rebellion have learned through experience that taking time off is important to deal with the physical and psychological strain. we have a very weak culture that we have periods of intense activity that we we are off to rest and recuperate and we generate and reflect on what that activity meant for us what it moved you know what the questions it has left us with. a lot of people in stroud our environmental activists it's a tight community. bradbrook a founding member of extinction or die and has lived here with her 2 sons since 2006 she's been committed to protecting the environment most of her life and.

living sustainably is possible but it's only part of the solution. together with others in stroud gail bradbrook manages a community garden but to stop climate change she says the require much more than actions of individuals we know that 50 percent of emissions come from 10 percent of the population so it's really important that people with the biggest footprints really think about what they're doing how much to fly and what they're eaten or me included in that but we have a system that's based on. focus on profit rather than purpose and therefore whatever you do as long as you can get away with it you'll create pollution you'll hurt people you'll hurt the planet so something has to change systemic way here just simply changing how you consume start going to be enough. gail bradbrook

believes that everyone without exception must take part in the effort to reduce global warming. for some that may mean leading a simpler life. i don't think we need all this stuff that we've all got we just need what's next to us and i don't want talking about you know going back to the caves and live in really rough lives but slowing down enough to appreciate what we have i mean isn't this heaven it's beautiful. yeah i just. i don't like to have part of my life just be smaller again and i don't know how many more seasons i'll see i think the risk of a mass extinction as bad as the permian mass extinction is significant. bradbrook who has a ph d. in molecular biology quit her last job to work full time for x

r the organization pacer 800 pounds a month to help cover her expenses. and although she's a founding member of the movement she doesn't consider herself a leader. leadership is something everybody needs to do next. you've got to have a need to ship perspective on your own life like what is it when you look at the whole thing so if you're in a group you're not just thinking about your own role in that group you're thinking about how well the groups go in and maybe at some time somebody who's better do not jump the man i can retire. to get. in the fight to save the climate bradbrook is also willing to resort to drastic measures on occasion last october she broke a window during a demonstration at the department for transport in london. but overall we know that civil disobedience is something that works in the world and it's necessary sometimes you kind of have to lift the focus. on. the department for transport

they are not spending the money they should on cycling for example they're driving for. a huge infrastructure problem project called hate just 2 which is a high speed rail which might sound great but actually it's an airport shuttle service to expand aviation and it's going to be the biggest deforestation of the u.k. since world war one for some people they think you've broken a window it's violent but a minor property damage is to my mind it's not it's not violent nobody was it any risk so i don't consider that violent. the hammer used to break the glass was borrowed. after it was confiscated bradbrook sent the owner a replacement. in her eyes violence is what government and industry are doing to the planet the harm being inflicted on the environment is a measurable also financially speaking. bradbrook thinks the 27000 pounds worth of

damage she caused during her protest pales in comparison. because of the willingness to damage prop. pretty some have criticized extinction rebellion members as eco terrorists journalist robin whitlock was him self a member of the movement for several weeks. now whitlock is calling for moderation in the climate debate he's especially concerned about controversial remarks made by x r co-founder roger how life. is going to go they seem to be giving the impression that you know if we don't act. and turned things around within the next 12 years then we'll be talking some of the one apocalyptic scenario which kind of life on earth it's why tat and all that kind of thing and that is just really kind to productive all it does is scare people when it just lock people into

a sense of panic and if you're in a sense of panic then you can think clearly about you know how to tackle the problem when if the clay. roger hallam is known to be outspoken and sometimes that's got him into trouble even among ex our members who recently said he wanted to quote draw around through to assure that through it all was a closed door there were people inside your own organization or said when a house is on fire you have to break down the door as to know. them was also sharply criticized for remarks in which he appeared to downplay the holocaust. i think. is intentional was to provoke and get some video attention by saying that the future could be even worse that the whole course i mean he said it's like another. human history but obviously like for germany it's the most sensitive topic there is i think it will say not very forcefully would he do it and

there is stupid. afterwards x.r. chapters in germany in britain condemned ptolemy's remarks and the organization is carrying out an internal review so. meanwhile extinction rebellion is working hard to put its core principles into practice these include the creation of a citizen's assembly that would advise politicians on how best to deal with the climate crisis then you have a discussion the assembly would be a grassroots form of deliberative democracy. demands i go through this very quick 1st of all we select people randomly ok and stratified randomly we're going to select people all over the country but by for example according to the population german population for example social class a region and gender so joe map is responsible for coordinating the citizens assembling tonight he's explaining how it will work so there aren't many people

here because many of the activists were at a fridays for a future demonstration earlier in the day. so we have all of this is new to alex. and that experts will provide scientific data to the assembly which will be used to develop climate protection measures to be presented to the government for execution that. they would have to. do would work as one team. human society you know it's not like worse right or old. and they have to work on a solution. as the 29000 u.n. climate change conference true to a close in december in madrid the delegates failed to make much progress on key issues. but extinction rebellion continued to protest their actions increasingly

provocative. start to support people inside. but skinner wrath or was focused on other things in madrid. after lengthy negotiate . sions extinction rebellion made an important diplomatic breakthrough but these operations are still we here for meeting with the president cavendish made a call and we meet you make relationships and ask. how we can let's get this coming if in the next 26 guscott. carlina schmidt was not only the summit president she's also chile's environment minister. the conference was originally scheduled to be held in santiago but was moved to madrid because of widespread political unrest in chile. skinner rathore was a bit nervous before the meeting which would be the 1st between an x

r activist and a senior politician. on. the camera team was not allowed to film a session which lasted for more than an hour. afterward carlina schmidt declined to comment but skinner rather was happy to talk to reporters. kay read the school she will be doing. they understand the story he needs to shift because the urgency is not to go to the alice you. are meeting with climate conference president carlina schmidt got a lot of media coverage that skinner author described it as a major step forward. and they know that the toss in the enormity of the cost of head is not something that can be done in isolation in in processes like this. it's new this is new. movements like cars coming into place this is like

this is completely new i mean i the summit didn't achieve much mostly because key proposals were blocked by major emitters including brazil the us and australia. time to start preparing for the next climate conference i'm really excited for the build begin to build the flame around the cult of the club $26.00 and about but there's so much what to do between now and then south and one day at a time and yeah. the next conference will be held this november in glasgow the activists also want to meet directly with senior politicians their. extinction rebellion maybe moving toward a more diplomatic approach when it comes to tackling climate change.

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