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The point of Extinction Rebellion (well, one of the points) is to bring together the converted, to build a movement, and then to engage decision makers and create influence.
There might well be other and or better ways of solving the problem the scientists tell us we are facing, but who is doing them?
Something has to change, and I don't see anyone else even having the discussion let alone the balls to go out there and mobilise.
adroit-
Climate activists have struggled to engage politicians..
^I’m not happy about this statement in the Guardian.
The UK along with many countries across the world signed agreements, or were these frankly hollow promises, they/we can’t or won’t uphold. That is what we and our children should be demanding..
https://unfccc.int/process/the-kyoto-protocol
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/EPRS/EPRS-AaG-559475-Doha-Agreement-Kyoto-Protocol-FINAL.pdf
almac68
Isn't this article getting to the point that some are trying to express here, that XR is preaching to the converted/ left and won't engage many of the center and right and if you want to do that, you need to use different language:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/19/extinction-rebellion-climate-change-protests-london