2023/10/10 by Neelakshi Joshi · 1 voice
Health Professions · Social Sciences · #Indigenous Studies and Ecology #Geographies of human-animal interactions #Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/s44168-023-00067-0
openalex publication_date 2023/10/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/13
Over the past few months, images of climate activists throwing canned tomato soup and potato puree on paintings of Vincent van Gogh and Claudet Monet have appeared in the public sphere 1 , 2 . These incidents have been followed by activists using superglue to attach themselves to busy roads 3 . The activists of movements like Just Stop Oil in the United Kingdom and Letzte Generation (Last Generation) in Germany are moving towards radical forms of protest to highlight the urgency of the action needed to address climate change 4 , 5 . The methods of protest adopted by the climate activists have led to an active debate in society ranging from outright disapproval of these acts to sympathy for the cause but critique of the modes of protest 6 . Climate activists, on the other hand, have justified their radical modes of protest pointing towards the consequences of inaction for future generations and their disappointment at governments’ piecemeal actions 4 , 5 .