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By Guy Faulconbridge
LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) - Climate activists shattered at
least 19 windows at HSBC's headquarters in London's
Canary Wharf as part of a protest against the financing of what
the group says is devastating climate change that threatens the
planet.
The female activists from the Extinction Rebellion group
used hammers to break the windows and pasted stickers on the
windows before sitting down to wait for the police to arrive, a
Reuters reporter at the scene said.
"Despite HSBC's pledge to shrink its carbon footprint to net
zero by 2050, their current climate plan still allows the bank
to finance coal power, and provides no basis to turn away
clients or cancel contracts based on links to the fossil fuel
industry," Extinction Rebellion said.
A spokesman for HSBC declined immediate comment.
Extinction Rebellion wants to trigger a wider revolt against
the political, economic and social structures of the modern
world to avert the worst scenarios of devastation outlined by
scientists studying climate change.
"It’s time to stand up and be counted," said Gully Bujak,
28, from Extinction Rebellion. "Doing this today may land us in
prison but we’re on the right side of history."
The activists referenced the struggle of the Suffragettes
who used direct action to fight for votes for women in the early
20th Century.
The group broke windows at the London headquarters of
Barclays two weeks ago.
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; Editing by Kate Holton)
