Just Stop Oil activists spray-painted Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey in London on Monday, January 13, demanding that “world leaders” stop burning fossil fuels by 2030.Footage released by Just Stop Oil shows two activists spray-painting Darwin’s grave with the phrase “1.

The action followed confirmation that 2024 was the first year in which the average temperature exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

Two protesters from the environmental activist group Just Stop Oil have been charged with criminal damage after chalk paint was yesterday (13 January) sprayed on to Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey, London.