Three protesters have glued themselves to City Hall in London to raise awareness of climate change ahead of the EU elections.

Andrew Medhurst, an ex-banker, Larch Maxey, a teacher, and Roger Hallam, a PhD student, are all running as independent candidates in the EU elections as part of the Climate and Ecological Emergency Independents group.

Mothiur Rahman, a lawyer who is standing for the group, said outside of City Hall: “Not enough is being done. We are taking the practice … of non-violent civil disobedience into the European elections, because the status quo isn’t working.

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“Would you put your child on a bus if there were a 50/50 chance of it crashing? We need to act now, it’s an emergency.

“We’ve chosen City Hall because (Mayor) Sadiq Khan has made some steps – the London Assembly has declared a Climate Emergency – that’s just a declaration, it’s just words.

“It’s not enough – we can’t let this be a greenwashing. The dangers are quite clear.”

The group, which is fielding nine candidates in the European elections, said it has been inspired by youth climate protesters.

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Its manifesto involves three aims, similar to that of the protest group Extinction Rebellion:

– The Council of Ministers and the European Parliament must tell the truth and take action to declare a Climate and Ecological Emergency.

– The Declaration on a Climate and Ecological Emergency must demand a zero carbon Europe by a date no later than 2030.

– National Citizen Assemblies on Climate & Ecological Justice must be instituted and have a leading role in shaping a zero carbon Europe

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Mason Boycott-Owen is a reporter with the Press Association.