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.

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.

The two protesters hoped to draw attention to reports that global temperatures in 2024 exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time