Just Stop Oil activists painted Charles Darwin's grave at London's Westminster Abbey to reference a crossed threshold for avoiding the worst impacts of climate change.

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

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.

Two women have been charged with criminal damage after Charles Darwin's grave in Westminster Abbey was daubed with orange paint. Climate protest group Just Stop Oil (JSO) said two activists used chalk paint on the ledger stone of the naturalist, who is best known for his theories on evolution.

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.

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

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 women have been charged with criminal damage after Charles Darwin’s grave was defaced at Westminster Abbey.

Two Just Stop Oil activists have been arrested after they defaced Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey. Police led the two protesters away after they used chalk spray to write “1.5 is Dead” on the naturalist’s grave at around 10am on Monday.