Chris Packham urges protesters to stop blocking roads as he takes climate role
by Damien Gayle Environment correspondent from on (#6R7K4)
Exclusive: Broadcaster joins board of Climate Emergency Fund and says there needs to be new ways of pushing for change
Climate activists need to stop blocking roads and start holding fossil fuel executives personally to account, Chris Packham has said, after being appointed to the board of one of the biggest activist funds in the world.
The naturalist and broadcaster is the first non-US-based director of the Climate Emergency Fund, which has given almost $15m (11.4m) to activists taking part in non-violent civil disobedience around the world since 2019.
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