Two activists with climate protest group Just Stop Oil were arrested after they spray-painted the words '1.5 is dead' on Charles Darwin's grave inside Westminster Abbey in London on3. The message is in reference to the 2015 Paris Treaty's 1.

Two protesters from the environmental activist group Just Stop Oil have been charged with criminal damage after chalk paint was yesterday (13 January) sprayed on to Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey, London.

Just Stop Oil activists spray-painted Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey in London on Monday, January 13, demanding that “world leaders” stop burning fossil fuels by 2030.Footage released by Just Stop Oil shows two activists spray-painting Darwin’s grave with the phrase “1.

Two women have been charged with criminal damage after Charles Darwin’s grave was defaced at Westminster Abbey...

The figure refers to the goal, set by the Paris Climate Agreement, of making sure global temperatures rise to no more than 1.5C higher than their pre-industrial level.

Two Just Stop Oil activists have defaced Charles Darwin’s grave with orange chalk in Westminster Abbey. Police led the two protesters away after they used spray chalk to write ‘1.5 Is Dead’ at around 10am on Monday morning.

Two eco-warriors have been charged with criminal damage after chalk paint was sprayed on Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey. The 19th century biologist’s grave was sprayed with the words “1.5 is dead” in bright orange writing on Monday.

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Two women have been charged with criminal damage after Charles Darwin’s grave was spray-painted in Westminster Abbey on Monday.The Metropolitan Police said Alyson Lee, 66, of Park Grove, Derby, and Di Bligh,

Two Just Stop oil activists have daubed orange paint over Charles Darwin ’s marble headstone in Westminster Abbey. The protesters entered the Abbey around 10am on Monday and sprayed “1.5 Is Dead” on Darwin’s grave - in reference to the news on Friday that the world has exceeded the “safe” 1.5C warming limit agreed by world leaders in Paris in 2015.

The protest was in reaction to recent news that global temperatures in 2024 had exceeded 1.5 Celsius above the pre-industrial era for the first time.