Two activists from the environmental organization Just Stop Oil a Theatrical representation of Sigourney Weaver in London to demand that the United Kingdom government progressively eliminates burning fossil fuels by 2030.
“1.5 degrees is a global disaster that we cannot ignore. Forest fires in California, Mortal floods in Valencia and hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the United Kingdom this weekend. This is not a distant or future problem “the organization points out in a statement on its website, in which they call Weaver to be a “legendary” actress.
Weaver was forced to stop the performance of the work ‘The storm’by Shakespeare at the Royal Dury theater. At that time, she was in the middle of the scene, sitting in a chair on stage, and was removed by the theater staff after the protesters launched an confetti cannon and climbed to the tables.
The interruption caused a voice to announce: “We will have to stop the show, ladies and gentlemen, sorry“, According to BBC News. When the two activists deployed the banner, part of the public booed their presence, while another part responded with shy applause. Finally, when they were evicted from the stage, the public applauded loudly.
The activists held a sign in which ‘more than 1.5 degrees was read is a global shipwreck’, referring to the recent announcement that 2024 would be the first full year in which The 1.5 degree safe limit will be exceeded for the increase in global temperature.
The two people who jumped on stage are Hayley Walsh, 42, teacher and mother of three children from Nottingham, and Richard Weir, 60, a mechanical engineer from Tynemouth.
“I am afraid for my children, I cannot let them walk like sleepwalks towards a future of food shortages, storms that threaten life and wars for resources. Years writing to the deputies, participating in demonstrations and teaching my students to be more sustainable have failed to see the urgent change that is needed, “says Walsh in the statement.
The organization ensures that They will act again in April to demand that governments commit to sign an international treaty to gradually eliminate the extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030.