We will be thanking Just Stop Oil protesters in years to come | Letters

Nan Howitt praises the courage and bravery of activists campaigning for a greener, cleaner world, and Paul Fisher says that in the future people will wish they had listened to themI would like to thank all the Just Stop Oil protesters and any others who campaign for a cleaner, greener world (Just Stop Oil's message to Suella Braverman: threaten us all you like - we're not listening, 6 December). I write as an 82-year-old woman who used to join the wonderful young people who campaigned for climate justice and succeeded in getting my city to declare a climate emergency.I wonder what sort of exceptionalism our government thinks will protect children and grandchildren if it doesn't act. Freak events such as the heat dome over northern Canada and the floods that devastated parts of Germany last year show we are not immune. And the global south is paying a devastating cost, in the form of drought and flooding. So thank you, all you protesters, for your courage and determination. Nan Howitt Leeds Continue reading...