Why the climate protests that disrupted London were different

By Eliza Barclay and Umair Irfan

Extinction Rebellion skillfully used civil disobedience to sound the alarm on the climate emergency.

Climate activists blocked Waterloo Bridge on April 16 as part of the Extinction Rebellion movement in London. Amer Ghazzal / Barcroft Media via Getty Images

The coordinated direct actions across the city were organized by Extinction Rebellion, a movement founded last year to demand a more aggressive climate target from the British government: net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2025.

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