Environmental activists in the UK painted Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey on Monday with the words “1.5 is dead,” referencing the critical climate threshold that the world temporarily passed in 2024.

The two protesters hoped to draw attention to reports that global temperatures in 2024 exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time

Just Stop Oil activists spray-painted Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey in London on Monday, January 13, demanding that “world leaders” stop burning fossil fuels by 2030.Footage released by Just Stop Oil shows two activists spray-painting Darwin’s grave with the phrase “1.

Britain's site for royal weddings, coronations, burials and a major tourist attraction - on Monday morning and used spray chalk on Darwin's grave, the campaign group said in a statement. The activists wrote "1.

Two climate protestors from the campaign group Just Stop Oil have graffitied Charles Darwin's grave at London's Westminster Abbey.

Just Stop Oil said its activists sprayed Darwin's ledger stone on Monday Two women have been charged with criminal damage after Charles Darwin's grave in Westminster Abbey was daubed with orange paint.

Two women have been charged with criminal damage after Charles Darwin ’s grave was spray-painted in Westminster Abbey on Monday. The Metropolitan Police said Alyson Lee, 66, of Park Grove, Derby, and Di Bligh,