Protesters against the climate crisis stain the facade of Congress red

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Fifty people have gathered this Wednesday in front of the steps of Congress and have stained the facade of the Lions with biodegradable red ink in protest at

in the face of the climate crisis and against a law that they consider insufficient.

The Scientific Rebellion movement has mobilized before Congress and has carried out a

coinciding with the publication of the last part of the IPCC report, the main scientific analysis on climate change.

Dozens of demonstrators,

, have sat in front of the main façade of the Congress shouting slogans such as

or

, while other concentrated carried a banner that read:

.

In support of this act, the deputy of United We Can Juan López de Uralde has come out to share the demands of the protesters, who

and not promoting a better law against climate change.

Up to

have come to the scene to evict the protesters while the cleaning services have already begun to clean the facade.

Protest of the group Scientist Rebellion before the Congress of Deputies.EFE

In a leaflet, the protesters define themselves as people belonging to the scientific community, reproach political inaction in the face of the climate crisis and explain that they take action because

.

"Political inaction is criminal. We can only rebel," they emphasize in their "red alert" to request a change in the system.

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