Activists Disrupt London’s Financial District
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Extinction Rebellion leaders began a series of protests in London on April 15 to demand that U.K. lawmakers recognize climate change as an emergency. Final demonstrations on Thursday targeted the financial district. Activists hoped to shed light on the financial sector’s role in “funding climate and ecological destruction,” the Associated Press reported.
服从 to obey
瘫痪 to disrupt
示威 to protest
灭绝 to become extinct
适得其反 counter-productive
服從 to obey
癱瘓 to disrupt
示威 to protest
滅絕 to become extinct
適得其反 counter-productive
自4月15日起，英国抗议气候变迁团体在伦敦各地发起公民不服从运动，示威行动于周四来到最终回，瘫痪伦敦证券交易所。
环保团体「反抗灭绝」（Extinction Rebellion）和抗议者堵住伦敦证券交易所的大门，并在英国财政部以及数家跨国银行外举行示威活动。
根据《美联社》报导，此举是为抗议金融机构在资助气候和生态环境毁灭上扮演的角色。
主办单位要求英国政府正视气候变迁为紧急状态、承诺在2025年底前将温室气体排放量降至零、并成立主导气候政策的国民大会。
抗议者非暴力的公民不服从手段，引发英国大众和政府官员不同反应。
伦敦市长萨迪克‧汗在推特上发文表示，示威行动已招致「适得其反」的负面效果。
而根据《路透社》的报导，主办单位认为为了提高大众意识，这样的抗争行动是必须的。
环保倡议人士于去年10月成立「反抗灭绝」团体，为的是响应联合国政府间气候变化专门委员会（IPCC）去年警告地球暖化1.5°C可能带来的灾难冲击。
自4月15日起，英國抗議氣候變遷團體在倫敦各地發起公民不服從運動，示威行動於週四來到最終回，癱瘓倫敦證券交易所。
環保團體「反抗滅絕」（Extinction Rebellion）和抗議者堵住倫敦證券交易所的大門，並在英國財政部以及數家跨國銀行外舉行示威活動。
根據《美聯社》報導，此舉是為抗議金融機構在資助氣候和生態環境毀滅上扮演的角色。
主辦單位要求英國政府正視氣候變遷為緊急狀態、承諾在2025年底前將溫室氣體排排放量降至零、並成立主導氣候政策的國民大會。
抗議者非暴力的公民不服從手段，引發英國大眾和政府官員不同反應。
倫敦市長薩迪克‧汗在推特上發文表示，示威行動已招致「適得其反」的負面效果。
而根據《路透社》的報導，主辦單位認為為了提高大眾意識，這樣的抗爭行動是必須的。
環保倡議人士於去年10月成立「反抗滅絕」團體，為的是響應合國政府間氣候變化專門委員會（IPCC）去年警告地球暖化1.5°C可能帶來的災難衝擊。
Beginning on April 15, climate change activists coordinated acts of civil disobedience across London leading up to a final protest targeting London’s financial district on Thursday.
Protestors with the Extinction Rebellion group blocked the entrance to the London Stock Exchange and demonstrated outside of the Treasury as well as several international banks.
The activists hoped to shed light on the financial sector’s role in “funding climate and ecological destruction,” the Associated Press reported.
The organizers demanded that the U.K. government treat climate change as an emergency, commit to net-zero greenhouse gases by 2025, and create a citizen assembly for climate action.
The protestors’ nonviolent but disruptive tactics elicited mixed reactions from the British public and government officials.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan tweeted that the demonstrations had become “counter-productive.”
As reported in Reuters, the organizers argued that public action is necessary to increase awareness.
Activists launched the Extinction Rebellion movement in October in response to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on the potentially disastrous effects of a 1.5°C increase in global temperatures.
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