- Title: Breast-feeding mothers block roads, call for action on climate change
- Date: 9th October 2019
- Summary: ACTIVIST PLAYING GUITAR
- Embargoed: 23rd October 2019 15:55
- Keywords: Extinction Rebellion protest Exinction Rebellion mothers protest climate change
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Environment,Climate Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA002B0DMIIV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Mothers staged a mass breast-feeding protest in central London on Wednesday (October 9) as part of two weeks of civil disobedience to push for more to be done to protect the environment.
Concerned about the future of of their children, mothers marched towards Downing Street before blocking roads to breast-feed their children.
"I couldn't forgive myself. I won't be able to look at her in the eye when she's older if I didn't come out and do something," said protester and mother Sally Davies.
The Extinction Rebellion group has been taking action in several countries including Britain, Germany, Austria, Australia, France and New Zealand as it lobbies politicians to go further in cutting carbon emissions.
The protests are the latest stage in a global campaign for tougher and swifter steps against climate change coordinated by the group, which rose to prominence in April when it snarled traffic in central London for 11 days.
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