U.K. Climate Activists Swear Off Disruptive Protests for 2023

Antics such as gluing themselves to famous paintings and defacing other works of art at galleries across Europe during 2022 drew scorn from the group’s critics.

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Demonstrators lay in front of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy during a protest organized by the climate activists group Extinction Rebellion at London in August. AP/Alberto Pezzali

The United Kingdom division of a climate change protest group called Extinction Rebellion says its activists will temporarily stop blocking busy roads, gluing themselves to buildings, and engaging in other acts of civil disobedience because such methods have not achieved their desired effects.

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