Just Stop Oil supporters have painted the US embassy building in London in orange paint, as Donald Trump looks set to become the 47th president of the United States.
The environmental activist group says it is demanding that governments work together to “end the extraction and burning of oil, gas, and coal by 2030.”
A Just Stop Oil spokesperson said: “The only real winner of today’s election is the corporate power that controls the major parties in both the US and UK.
“Regardless of who sits in the White House, corporations and billionaires will ensure that the interests of the fossil fuel industry will continue to be prioritised over the wellbeing of ordinary people.
“It is only through people coming together to disrupt ‘business as usual’ that humanity will stand any chance of minimising the effects of climate breakdown, and the resulting social collapse that is already under way.
“In Spain this week, hundreds of bodies continue to be dragged from the mud – this is just a small portent of what is to come if we don’t change course immediately.
“As long as democracy is hijacked by corporate interests and billionaires, it will fail to deliver the change ordinary people are crying out for. This will always leave the door open for fake populists like Trump to exploit the disaffection many feel.
“Ordinary people have to step up, get organised and make change happen, because it should be clear by now, no political leaders are coming to save us.”
