Motorway blockades and green new deal crusaders: the UK’s new climate activists

With Cop26 on the horizon, activists are finding new ways to make politicians and public pay attention

A new wave of climate activism, during which motorways have been blocked and politicians confronted by young people, is attempting to put pressure on the UK government before the UN Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow later this year.

Insulate Britain staged its first protest on Monday and has since brought large sections of the UK's busiest motorway to a standstill to demand action to tackle the escalating climate emergency.