Extinction Rebellion did all it could have hoped and more – but our crushing inertia remains its big
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It is fair to conclude that the wave of direct action in the capital, turbo-charged by the arrival of Greta Thunberg, will bring about no immediate change in policy.
By Sean O’Grady
Did Extinction Rebellion do much more than annoy London taxi drivers and right-wing climate change denying columnists?
It is fair to conclude that the wave of direct action in the capital, its moral force turbo-charged by the arrival of the 16-year-old campaigner Greta Thunberg, will bring about no immediate change in policy. There will be no emergency legislation to further restrict carbon dioxide emissions. A timely series of warnings in TV programmes presented by that other secular saint, Sir David Attenborough has added another unimpeachable voice to the cause.
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