Activists from Extinction Rebellion (ER) protested in front of Stirling Council’s headquarters this week and accused the authority of backing down on a pledge to tackle the climate crisis.
A group of XR Stirling protesters demonstrated with banners outside Viewforth to confront the local authority on what they said was its “disgraceful” lack
of action on its Climate and Nature Emergency Plan.
The council declared a climate emergency in October 2019 - a month on from a climate change protest outside Viewforth which was attended by around 300 people, many of them school pupils. It later pledged to accelerate its own plans to reduce carbon emissions to zero as soon as practicable and asked senior managers to report back with actions for “real and sustainable progress”.
