'We put climate change back on the political agenda': Assessing Extinction Rebellion's impact three years on

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Extinction Rebellion protests in London in 2019 | Credit: Rebellion
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Extinction Rebellion protests in London in 2019 | Credit: Rebellion

Lawyer and activist Farhana Yamin considers XR’s cultural, political, and business impact three years after it drove London to a standstill in 2019

The world is in a fractious state - geopolitically, economically, and climatically. The global political order had already been fraying at the edges thanks to creeping authoritarianism, populism, inequality,...

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