Hackney resident and climate "sitter" Precious Martini-Brown reveals her fears for the planet's future and blocks traffic. - Credit: XR Hackney Campaigners took to Hackney streets to protest a lack of action two years on from parliament's declaration of a climate emergency. Two local Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists stopped traffic on different ends of Stoke Newington Church Street on May 1 for over an hour. They sat peacefully on the road wearing signs that expressed fears of "impending climate and ecological collapse". Quaker, community gardener and climate "sitter" Precious Martini-Brown, 74, said on May 1: "The people taking action today hope to make clear that they can no longer trust the UK government with their future."