Extinction Rebellion : Abergavenny and Monmouthshire

About Jump to Content  ... WHO WE ARE We are you! You are so welcome to join us and participate, you don’t need our permission, if you agree to follow our principles and values. We need to take action in the world and we need to look after ourselves. This r See More Impressum In April this year the Rising Up Network decided to coordinate a nonviolent rebellion against the British Government in response to the climate emergency and th ... e mass extinction of life we are now witnessing. The arctic will be ice free in the summer within 10 years, and with carbon already emitted in the atmosphere yet to feed into additional warming, it looks like the 2 degree celcius temperature limit set by the Paris Agreement is locked in and due to be passed within the next decade. We are facing an existential emergency and yet global CO2 emissions are still going up and governments, including our own, are committing a crime against humanity by refusing to take the emergency action that is now vitally necessary. After decades of deep worry and desperation. After years of acting through conventional campaigning such as petitions, marches, rallies and donations, we have come to this. We can no longer tolerate the sheer biological annihilation taking place on this beautiful and magnificent planet we call home. If we want to salvage what we have left, we have to act now. Carbon emissions have increased by 60% since scientists first warned of ecological collapse in 1990. Our governments have failed to protect the livelihood of its citizens or the planet. It’s time to rebel. See More