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Animal rights activists scaled the Defra and Home Office building in London today as they demanded 'government support for a plant-based food system' at Cop26.
The activists from Animal Rebellion climbed up the structure on Marsham Street in Westminster, which houses both departments, from about 6am this morning.
The group, which is affiliated to Extinction Rebellion, organised the protest ahead of the United Nations climate change summit in Glasgow which starts this Sunday.
Animal Rebellion, which was founded in July 2019, said it would continue to take action until the Government 'defunds meat and subsidises a plant-based transition'.
Police, firefighters and paramedics were all at the scene, and the protesters – who were all wearing climbing equipment - hoped to drop a banner over the entrance.
The activists from Animal Rebellion scaled the building on Marsham Street in Westminster, which houses the Home Office and Defra, from about 6am this morning
They told a Sky News reporter at the scene: 'Ahead of Cop26 we are calling for - no, demanding - that the world wake up and switch to a fully plant-based diet.'
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: 'Police were called at 6.09am
