Climate injustice is akin to colonial injustice in that Pacific people bear its brunt, the Pacific Aotearoa branch of Extinction Rebellion says.
The climate activism organisation held a series of disruptive protests in New Zealand’s capital on Monday, to encourage the government to declare a climate emergency.
Branch member Rowan Manley Campbell said the protests demonstrated that the concept of ‘business as usual’ had ended.
Three large organisations in Wellington were disrupted, he said.
“We’ve managed to get ANZ Bank to shut their doors for a bit. [The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment] sent their staff home for the day, asked them not to come in, and we’ve had OMV tell their staff not to come in for the day,” Mr Campbell said…
Photo: RNZ Pacific / Jenny Meyer
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