Climate change is an existential threat to life on. The World Health Organization predicts that in 30 years it will be directly responsible for the deaths of over 250000. 00 people each year. Many fewer governments the failing to respond and its unlikely that the Paris Agreement targets of keeping the global temperature rise below 2 degrees centigrade will be met. But to time it pressure groups believe change is possible theyre seeking to push urgent Environmental Action to the top of the political agenda. And these movements gathering momentum. Im sure all tore in the us workers are dying activists pushing for a radical shift in government policy in order to avert a Climate Crisis and i make them a carbon in the u. K. And ive come to. C known as extinction with these members believe that the only way to environmental chain. Peoples rights. Fearful for the planet they all inherit young people around the world are standing up and demanding a Better Future in the us a growing and passionate group of youth is campaigning for urgent Environmental Action in the forcing the adults to listen to. What hockey dont even know how many. Miles. This is the Sunrise Movement. In the space of just 2 years this group of activists most of whom are under 30 has grown 2100000 members on but. Not for the miners and. Their strategy is clear to hot Climate Change by working within the system and lobbying politicians into pushing through legislative and economic before. Ive come to boston to find out how the Sunrise Movement has become a force to be reckoned with in u. S. Politics. Leading the charge is 26 year old partially percussion. While studying in massachusetts she joined the universitys fossil fuel Divestment Campaign before cofounding sunrise in 2015. So youve been with the Sunrise Movement from the very beginning what made you started a number of us young people all under the age of 30 were saying that the hurricanes were getting bigger the fire seasons were getting longer and the floods were getting bigger and there wasnt a movement big enough for young people to win sure that we had a habitable planet for our future generations q talk more about why you feel you need to actually write now so scientists are telling us right now that we have just 12 years to make unprecedented changes to transform every part of our economy and so our Society Today carbonized to get off fossil fuels to invest in or an old bulls eye. To protect life and human civilization on this planet as we know it and yet our politicians have not done whats necessary they have not built and garnered the political will that we need and people are dying as a result. At the heart of this in our strategy is the Green New Deal. A radical environmental change policy the idea for which was conceived in the u. S. In the 1960 s. The deals goal is to completely transform the u. S. Economy by ending its dependency on fossil fuels investing instead in Renewable Energy and creating jobs in the process. The Green New Deal is a massive economic mobilization at a scale that we have not seen in this country since world war 2 that is an effort to stop Climate Change and create millions of good jobs. Im curious to find out whether real political change is possible with people power alone particularly by those so young. Ive come to the sunrise boston. There are 204 hubs like this spread across the nation. Here every month 60 sunrise members gather to share experiences and get behind the cause. Welcome to our 2nd husband to. Me and i get the way. Every day. That goes right ok that guy gets. The hubs gives people of all backgrounds and opportunities to come together and voice their concerns every Single Person who decided to come to the scene and say is a part of this movement as a part of this frater moment in history these are young people need to be heard. Its precisely with the times and routines thats why i wrote. And they want to take positive steps to fix the world we live in through the eyes of the folks who actually live in. The hub splits into breakout groups where they plan their next actions what do we think will actually make High Schoolers and listen we just both like a green background with the words like bring new deal and put a link in our bio or something i dont interact so feel free to ignore me dear friends in high school care about Climate Change alliance of people i know know that Climate Change is an issue there thats not a debate in the debate is how willing they are to get and i think a lot of young people dont feel like they have the power at all to make any change if we actually come together which totally can change so many things i thought i was coming into meeting and its really a lot more than that there is energy me during the gauge you feel the sense of urgency its not just sense they reality for them this is are you sure and you can feel like theyre. There for all the question how effective a sunrise actually been. Rushdies invited me to her to show the impacts on rices had in the top tiers of power. So this was from our 1st action at Nancy Pelosi Office in washington d. C. And as you can see theres literally hundreds of young people lining up the halls and theyre carrying signs that say what is your plan our ultimate goal was to share our vision of what the Green New Deal is all about looking at this or seems to be a sort of plan of action right theres a theres a style that sunrise is using to. If your goals were really trying to embody the fact that we are young people fighting for our future and we wanted to be joyous and we wanted to be raucous and we wanted to be serious and we wanted to be determined and resolved were. Say that older generations chronic inactivity on Environmental Issues is inexcusable. The United States will be all implementation of the nonbinding paris accord the current republican government refuses to even acknowledge there is a problem so sunrise believe they must act to make change happen it is alive time here right now and they are being heard the Green Generation thats risen a growing number of democrat senators now support the Green New Deal and sunrise have found influential political allies in socially conscious representatives like Alexandria Ocasio Cortez this is right before representative of causing cortez unprecedentedly joined us on her 1st day of orientation as the new congresswoman to say that we have nancy pelosi in the Democratic Partys back in pushing for the most progressive and Ambitious Energy agenda this country ever seen this about you know the stuff up here and the fact that youre calling me that you are you know that yet. But Firm Opposition to the Green New Deal remains on the 26th of march 2019 a draft of the deal was unanimously rejected by the Republican Controlled Senate how did you feel when the resolution got voted down in the senate the goal of the resolution is for it to be a statement of values to chart a blueprint to lay out the projects of what would be included within the Green New Deal we need an attitude shift we need to put into gear and into momentum these big ideas. So that we can write the policy over the next year and get these things to pass. Sunrise aimed to create momentum for their cause by directly lobbying political leaders to do it right now that sean and his team plan to doorstep Andrea Campbell the president of Boston City Council so the goal today is going to decide to go fossil fuel body which got it later down the road will work with her several other cultures to craft a resolution for a Green New Deal thats going to pass the city council. Thats the way its going to. The 1st step for the group is to encourage politicians to sign a pledge promising that they will refuse money from possible companies who want them to act in their interests. Over 1400. 00 politicians have signed so far. As we approached the Council President s office im struck by this groups confidence they walk straight in. To meet you and your nice to me you are pumped were here to ask you if you could sign the no fossil fuel money pledge absolutely i mean i will say before i even you know sign this thank you for your advocacy. Work this stuff doesnt happen by accident if people arent showing up so happy simply just to pay happy to do this i just want to say thank you. So its not just a movement where theyre confronting a lot of hostility theyre actually getting support and encouragement and warmth really from politicians. I think we lead by example and i know i do and so by saying lets do this signing on in committing we hope that others will follow our lead its impressive to see these young people having genuine success in the halls of power having meetings like this is really refreshing because it shows that we do have allies out there that we can be working within the system to promote change that we want to see in the world and this job will be at the. The Sunrise Movement is clearly influential and its getting results where it matters most. Their ultimate goal is to convince the majority of congressmen and women to sponsor the Green New Deal. So when the next government is elected in 2020 the bill has the weight of support to make it policy the Sunrise Movement is asking for a lot and theyre asking for it quickly critics say theyre too idealistic but for a problem as massive as Climate Change we do need ambitious radical solutions now. Was todays environmentalists cite risings of the past as proof that incredible social change really is possible. In 1000 ice free in britain the suffragettes campaign for women to have the right to vote with a rallying cry of deeds not words they often resort to extreme acts. At some racecourse any davidson even gave her life for the course. These tactics worked in 1020 eights women won equal Voting Rights in britain 35 years later in america the Civil Rights Movement to end racial segregation Martin Luther king led the peaceful protests. Far. Better weapon available. That both the freedom and human dignity. By 968 after a decade of campaigning africanamerican secured legal rights to equal employment voting and housing. And allies in possible resistance movements political scientist. Identified a threshold to success if 3 and a half percent of the population mobilize against the establishment social change will happen. Force many of us know that look for us to change the way we treat all and there is one group which is taking things to the next level. In october 28th and a group of activists i get by political inaction on Climate Change declared themselves to be an open defiance of the u. K. Government they call themselves Extinction Rebellion x. Off the shore theyre in the right manner i really think management pretty well that they walk outside the system engaging in bold nonviolent acts of civil disobedience the strategy is to create headline grabbing protests designed to maximize public exposure they believe this will gain them a mass funding and force real change in just 6 months they have already expanded into 15 countries spread across 4 continents. Im at the london headquarters on the day of one of their most extreme actions yet. In a protest day a cooling of all children exoplanets till 500 liters of fake blood on downing street the office and the president of the british prime minister. Had i been mr nice to me one of exxons cofounders claire farrow. Went to the idea of the plot about children who were already suffering a genocide because of. The impacts of pollution so were trying with this action to get people to understand that its that it kills people and that it kills people now its already killing people its not like something ahead in the future. And i try to help them as we make our way to downing street i want to know why theyre compelled to confront the political establishment in such a drastic way. We think its simple and the options are direct its a tough. And thats because theres only i think a state led internationally thats going to make a meaningful change to the situation when so were trying to represent the kind of visceral reality of death and suffering which has already started to cause around the world in which it will force in the future. The precession is designed to feel like a funeral march it comes to a stop and the crowd full silent. This is the part of the morning children of your children and of young people here today. Making a profound statement just a stones throw from the prime ministers office. We need to take action we dont have much time left. Please dont let this be the one that. Im struck by the rule in motion on display what is the political change the Extinction Rebellion want to see. What do you want to achieve by all of this we do have 3 main demands the 1st one is for the government to tell the truth to communicate the crisis to the public the 2nd demand is to reduce Carbon Emissions to net 0 by 2025 and then the 3rd demand which i think is the main prize is to achieve structural political change in the form of assistance assembly ordinary people who are educated on the facts and then come together to talk about what might be the best route forward do you think its achievable. I think its necessary. Want to become impossible to ignore so its members are planning the biggest protest yet they hope to bring london to. A standstill with a 2 week human blockade of the citys streets at. One of the chief coordinators of the shutdown maxie what were doing with the rebellion is having a cause in the level of disruption that could bring about you know the government to me are demands do you think that you are risk of almost alienating yourself by crossing over into a legal category look theres a common crisis theres an ecological crisis were here to stop this its existential threat we face we nonbuoyant in maintaining respect but putting ourselves on the lines with our liberty the plan is to block the streets of the u. K. Scrap to people chain knock and even glue themselves to structures and to one another these actions are deliberately planned to create maximum disruption and cause arrests just in stein trains members on how to deal with the police in a nonviolent way can only have activist is willing to rest carried off is. Willing to go. You know. Members are trained to go limp as soon as theyre touched all right lets take a were going to were going to arrest. So we take as many as 5 Police Officers to remove a single activist by maximizing the number of arised exile believe they can create public and a groundswell of support. For extension balanced the only way forward this is the only way they believe things are going to preserve civil disobedience in these kinds of actions. 15th of a pro 2019 and its the morning of the london shutdown the organizers are expecting thousands of protesters they plan to block londons main streets and bridges for 2. Weeks bringing the city to a grinding halt im eating claire as she prepares for what could be the biggest demonstration in x. Hours history. Thank. You feeling hopeful im feeling hopeful that were going to have more input and more people are going to understand the message and the and the seriousness of it the reason why we have to do this is because it is this band we do feel this afraid of dont know what else to. Extinction rebellions target is the government but the people who will be hit hardest today are the everyday commuters as they try to get to work. Theres potential then that all of this can be disrupted people might not be able to get to where they go because of the actions at a cafe and how is that justifies it really sorry we dont really want to do this but we also dont want to pass on. A livable planet to the next generation. We arrive at Oxford Circus at 8 30 am and only a handful of activists are here so. We quickly get a taste of where public favor might like. Look. Im not quite sure how the group succeeded in blocking the very heart of london was the plan here because at the moment the road isnt occupiers theres nothing on it so whats going to happen groups of people are going to close roads and then something should be arriving. Out of the blue reinforcements right and. Thats something i didnt expect. But this is a heck of a boat if you let you board up boats just in the middle of the. Hundreds of activists crowded around the bite on the london shutdown has become. In a matter of hours 10000 supporters descend upon 5 sites across the capital Oxford CircusParliament Square marble arch Piccadilly Circus and Washington Bridge manned by knotts and his team. They have blocked the entire structure framed with trees a music stage camps and a human bone and a sentence. In that and ive managed to find none who started snakeheads peace activists right there and you know im just watching them go boy i know whats been happening i was just going to monitor in the place as numbers have increased slightly and thats some point theyre going to be under pressure to clear the bridge i mean what weve got to try and do is get numbers to build the question is how much disruption will the Government Force us to create until they do the right thing and meet the demands and stop trying to keep the sites i know willing to lose their liberty for it and get arrested if people are willing to sacrifice their liberty it sends a message to the public to the media and to the good of the politicians that this is a serious issue ause were demonstrations are escalating as protesters target the knowledge as to oil and gas company. Shell just run down to a site western rebels have superglued themselves an open top up outside shell age. Back thank god. Im an indian efforts and one of the knee demonstrators here tell me little bit about why you have showers known about the problems of Climate Change for over 30 years and they are one of the biggest images of kabul and what they tell like these acts of criminal damage of the catalyst for the police to make the 1st arrests. Made the house sells accountable for the atrocities of humankind. And why not. Just seem to Extinction Rebellion gravel has been taken away by gates i dont like secure betty and getting exactly what theyre up to. 8 hours after the shutdown began please take action. Citing section 14 of the public order act which forbids obstruction of the highway. More than a 1000 arrests and 30000. 00 new recruits later with growing support across 33. 00 countries the u. K. Government finally agrees to meet tax on. On the 1st of may 21000 at the house of commons makes history becoming the 1st National Parliament in the world to combat climate ecological emergency. Climate change activism stretches back 50 years. April the 22nd the 1970 s. So the launch of day. 20000000. 00 americans took to the streets in the modern Environmental Movement was born in the eightys greenpeace took matters into their own hands heading to the seas to battle the commercial dumping of toxic Waste Nuclear testing and whale hunting today the movement has a new figure heads in teenager gretta to the older generations have failed tackling the biggest crisis to manage yes in the face by going on School Strike she inspired 1400000 students and 112 countries to join her in the global walkouts the message has been clear for 50 years but today the voices are louder and more insistent and. The cry change must happen now. 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