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Mike Makin-Waite, ISRF Associated Academic, Independent Social Research Foundation

Just Stop Oil: how mediation between climate activists and police could help with escalating protests

Florian Reichelt/Centre for Good Relations, Author provided

Just Stop Oil activists have glued themselves to roads, climbed atop oil tankers and attached themselves to the goalposts of a Premier League football match. They demand that the government halt all new licences for fossil fuel projects, seeing this as a part of what’s needed to tackle the climate emergency.

At the same time, Extinction Rebellion (XR) has announced a new wave of protests beginning on April 9 2022. XR’s previous “rebellions” and separate efforts by Insulate Britain saw determined campaigners block motorway traffic and interrupt city life.

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