Environmental activists in the UK painted Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey on Monday with the words “1.5 is dead,” referencing the critical climate threshold that the world temporarily passed in 2024.

The two protesters hoped to draw attention to reports that global temperatures in 2024 exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time

Two women have been charged with criminal damage after Charles Darwin’s grave was defaced at Westminster Abbey.

Two activists with climate protest group Just Stop Oil were arrested after they spray-painted the words '1.5 is dead' on Charles Darwin's grave inside Westminster Abbey in London on January 13. The message is in reference to the 2015 Paris Treaty's 1.

Two women have been charged with criminal damage after chalk paint was sprayed on Charles Darwin's grave in Westminster Abbey.

Just Stop Oil activists deface Charles Darwin’s grave inside Westminster Abbey - Protesters write ‘1.5 is Dead’ in orange spray chalk