Um homem chamado James Brown, que é cego e ativista ambienta, subiu no topo de um avião da British Airways, estacionado nesta quinta-feira (10) no aeroporto de Londres, na Inglaterra.
James faz parte do protesto organizado pela Extinction Rebellion, movimento criado para chamar atenção para o aquecimento global e o risco de extinção da vida humana na Terra. Ele também é ex-atleta paralímpico do ciclismo (ganhou medalha de bronze nos Jogos de 2012).
O ativista chegou a deitar de braços abertos em cima da aeronave, que seguiria para Amsterdã, na Holanda.
De acordo com jornal Metro UK, uma equipe de segurança e bombeiros foram ao local e retiraram o ativista do alto do avião. Ele foi levado algemado.
“Aqui estou eu no topo da p… de um avião no aeroporto. Odeio altura. Estou sozinho, consegui subir no topo. Estou balançando. Isto é para os meus filhos, para os filhos de todos! É para todos os jovens que enfrentam um futuro de colapso climático!”, disse o ativista em transmissão exibida pelo Facebook.
O Extinction Rebellion ou (XR na sigla adotada) é movimento de ativismo ambiental que nasceu em outubro do ano passado no Reino Unido. O grupo planeja ocupar três espaços notórios e movimentados no centro da capital britânica: a Trafalgar Square (na área onde fica a embaixada brasileira), a ponte Westminster e o The Mall, uma avenida importante que liga o Palácio de Buckingham à praça Trafalgar e por onde monarcas e chefes de Estado transitam em ceremonial quando visitam o Reino Unido. A versão brasileira do movimento é chamada de Rebelião ou Extinção.
Assista abaixo ao protesto:
✈️ LIVE from London City Airport – James Brown, paraolympian, atop a British Airways plane on the runway at City airport London.#PlanetaryEmergency1000 children are already dying each day around the world due to climate change. Nearly 9,500 people die in London each year due to breathing toxic air pollution day in day out – that’s 26 per day.#ClimateAndEcologicalBreakdownIn 2010, the aviation industry carried 2.4 billion passengers; in 2050, that number is forecast to rise to 16 billion. Without action, emissions from increased air travel will triple by 2050.” WWF“And carbon emissions are not the only environmental challenge posed by a growing aviation sector. Nitrogen oxides, particulates, noise, and lead pollution also impact often disadvantaged communities living near airports.”- The International Council on Clean Transportation.#SocialCollapseThe Climate and Ecological Crisis is already driving mass forced migration, droughts, famines, death and wars over resources. What is already a nightmare for many in the Global South threatens to engulf us all.#SocialJusticeActing now on the emergency means changing our relationship to air travel and inequality. 80% of the world's population has never taken a flight. 97% didn't fly last year. A short-haul return flight from London to Edinburgh contributes more CO2 than the mean annual emissions of a person in Uganda.#InequalityIn the UK, according to the latest Department for Transport data: the top 1% of frequent fliers took 20% of all flights last year, the top 10% took over 50% of all flights, the top 15% took over 70%, and 48% of Brits did not fly at all last year.The average salary of passengers using City Airport is over £100,000 a year, yet the airport surrounded by some of the most impoverished homes in the country – people much less likely to have the means to use the airport.#FoodSecurityAs we face an ecological and climate crisis, Governments worldwide insist on exponentially increasing an exploitative economy, with 600 airports set to expand, increasing flights by billions globally.This will lead toward ever increasing temperatures globally, causing widespread crop failures, which is already a dire situation in many African regions, making it almost impossible to grow food in the tropics and leaving a vast part of the Earth uninhabitable.#TheMomentOfTruthIt is time for planet-wide civil disobedience and mass direct action.It is time to rebel for life!We need YOU!JOIN THE REBELLION!!!
Posted by Extinction Rebellion UK on Thursday, October 10, 2019
Fonte: Terra
