Our successes

XR has played a huge part in the explosion of public concern about the climate emergency, which is a very potent force, increasing pressure on politicians and business to take action. Success in environmental movements can be hard to measure - ‘wins’ can be as a result of a number of factors and long legal tussles - however here are some of our most obvious successes.

I want to tell you that back in the 90s we were facing a 6 degree world and we are not facing that [now] ... we are looking at much much less and that is a credit to all of those [taking action on climate change].
Farhana Yamin, climate lawyer, speaking at the Defend our Juries action 29th Feb 2025

National

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Local

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References:
[1]: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48126677
[2]: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.14978


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