Italy's Ultima Generazione
civil-disobedience group staged the latest in a series of
disruptive protests to highlight the need to address the climate
crisis on Friday, halting traffic in the area of the Colosseum
in Rome.
Members of the group sat down on a zebra crossing in Via Celio
Vibenna, stopping cars from moving and in the process
infuriating motorists and causing a big jam in the area of the
ancient amphitheatre.
"I want to change what will kill you in a few years' time," one
of the protestors told the angry commuters amid a barrage of
insults before police broke up the demonstration.
A protestor called Alice said that part of the aim was to draw
media attention to the looming climate breakdown.
"The climate crisis is still not talked about enough and when it
is, it is talked about improperly, without naming the causes and
those who are responsible," she said.
"We should talk about and hear about the social-climate collapse
every day on the street, on television, in the newspapers and at
work.
"It is the most serious crisis that humankind and our planet
have ever experienced".
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