Extinction Rebellion protestors stage sit in at insurance office in Glasgow

Extinction Rebellion protestors are staging a demonstration inside the offices of the insurance company AIG in Glasgow this morning.

They're holding up banners and flags demanding the company stops insuring fossil fuel projects.

Val King is one of them and said: "Insurance companies are ignoring the warnings of the United Nations, the International Energy Agency and climate science and are insuring new oil and gas projects, known as carbon bombs.

"These carbon bombs will accelerate global warming, which is already exceeding scientists’ predictions.

"We call on AIG and other companies to stop insuring new and expanded fossil fuels and instead insure our future by supporting a just transition to a renewable future.

"Don’t be fooled by arguments of energy security as they are used to help oil and gas make more money at the cost of our future.

"Without insurance, these carbon bombs won’t go ahead."

We've asked AIG for a response.

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