On London's Waterloo Bridge, a climate activist gave an interview while being toted away by three police officers during a protest.
"I'm doing this for my son," the woman, identified only as "Lora" by the organization she was protesting with, told the cameraperson.
The woman said that Britain's new prime minister, Liz Truss, wants to issue up to 130 new oil drilling licenses despite warnings from the UN.
The activist was protesting on the London footbridge with Just Stop Oil, a UK-based climate action group known for its bright orange shirts and propensity to get its followers arrested and bashed in the Daily Mail.
Even though the protesters arrested at JSO actions are unharmed by British police, others who share their commitment to environmentalism are not.
Over the last decade, more than 1,700 environmental protesters have been killed, an average of two per day, according to the Global Witness report.
Two-thirds of the activists were indigenous, Global Witness says. According to the organization, the official tally of deaths likely underrepresents the true level of violence done to climate activists.
Climate activism comes with a lot of sacrifice and danger, but then again, the future they're fighting to avoid will likely be much worse.
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