Climate activists to hold 'die-in' protest on Buchanan Street after heatwave

Climate activists will be holding a 'die-in' protest on Buchanan Street days after some of the highest temperatures were recorded in the UK.

Shoppers will have the chance to stop to read the placards laid out on the ‘bodies’ with the ‘cause of death’ including 'Heat Stress - Death from temperature rising to over 40 degrees' and 'Famine - starvation caused by crop failure'.The action follows a week of the highest ever recorded temperatures in the UK, which the UN and climate scientists agree is due to human-made climate change.

Scotland saw the highest recorded temperature hit 35.1C in the Borders. It surpassed the previous record of 32.9C recorded in Greycrook in the Borders on 9 August 2003. Business advisor Val King from Stirling will also be protesting. She added: "In spite of clear warnings from the United Nations that there should be no new investment in oil and gas, fossil fuel companies, with the full backing of the UK government are pressing on to open new fields. Only the government has the power to make them stop."

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