Abstract
The UK government has declared a climate change emergency.1 Respected fellow GPs have been arrested on actions with Extinction Rebellion. Initially I was perplexed by this and wondered how they came to take this course of action. Although I have friends who have tried to fly less and become vegan for environmental purposes, I had never really given serious thought to climate change and its consequences, let alone participate in any climate activism. I’m not really sure I have rebelled in many things in my life at all. Over the Easter holidays, though, I found myself repeatedly at Extinction Rebellion’s blockades in Central London with my young son and husband (a paediatric trainee). Now I find myself spending time helping to organise a group of doctors and healthcare professionals in support of Extinction Rebellion. In …
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