Bodies littered the floors of Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery as people turned out in their dozens to protest the lack of political action against the ever-growing threat of climate change.
Activists from Liverpool Youth Strike for Climate (LYS4C) staged the die-in protest on Saturday, September 17, ahead of the Global Climate Strike that will take place on Friday. The group, a collective made up mainly of school and university students, were supported by adults from Extinction Rebellion Wirral and health professionals from Medact.
Amy Reeves, 18, who took part in the protest, said: “I have been going to museums with school as a child; like kids in Liverpool for generations. As a young person, I wish museums would do more to highlight the climate crisis we face as a generation. People my age did least to cause climate change but will be the most affected. We expect adults to take on their responsibilities and the museums to start acting on their declaration of climate emergency.”
