'We have a duty to act': hundreds ready to go to jail over climate crisis
by Matthew Taylor Environment correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#41MX4)
Rowan Williams backs call for mass civil disobedience 'to bypass the government's inaction and defend life itself'
A new group of "concerned citizens" is planning a campaign of mass civil disobedience starting next month and promises it has hundreds of people - from teenagers to pensioners - ready to get arrested in an effort to draw attention to the unfolding climate emergency.
The group, called Extinction Rebellion, is today backed by almost 100 senior academics from across the UK, including the former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.
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