The ecological movement, Extinction Rebellion, occupied several major boulevards in Paris from Saturday (April 16) to Monday (April 18) in a bid to call on the forthcoming new government to take stronger action against climate change. Some sat on the roads, others played the guitar or did yoga, and makeshift barriers and chairs closed off the streets.  The aim of this non-violent civil disobedient sit-in in Paris is to bring attention to the climate change emergency, following the alarm issued by the latest IPCC report, and to put pressure on the next government. In fact, few of the presidential candidates have put environmental issues high on their campaign agenda, especially second-round adversaries Emmanuel Macron (current President, right-wing party) and Marine Le Pen (extreme-right).  One protester told FranceInfo: “Marches and petitions are useful, but given the urgency of the climate change question, we must take it up a gear. Moving to non-violent, civil disobedience to call on our leaders.” "We are blocking this Paris square to rebel against alternatives that we don't have. This election leaves us with no choice between a far-right candidate with repugnant ideas ... and a candidate who during five years cast the ecology issue aside and lied," another one told Reuters. The Paris protests were joined by similar movements in other major cities, including New York and London. Read more (ENG): https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/climate-change-protesters-block-central-paris-square-protest-election-choices-2022-04-16/ Read more (FR): https://www.francetvinfo.fr/meteo/climat/cop21/a-paris-extinction-rebellion-passe-a-la-desobeissance-civile-pour-interpeller-le-prochain-gouvernement_5088829.html Picture by Julien de Rosa, AFP. It states “This world is dying, let’s build the next one.”