G7 protest in Cornwall as Ocean Rebellion dress as Boris at Marazion

This was the theatrical scene set up on the beach in front of St Michael's Mount, as the latest in a series of protests from Ocean Rebellion to be held in the run up to the G7 Summit next weekend.

The fake 'Prime Minister' and a 'Fossil Fuel Buddy' could also be seen standing next to a boat billowing with black smoke, as a sail displaying the words 'Your children's future' burned.

Protestors from Ocean Rebellion said: "The scene represents the UK government’s total lack of purpose to do anything to combat the catastrophic climate change, ocean acidification and biodiversity loss that will devastate all our futures and leave a dead ocean for future generations."

The action group's members say the UK government must make the ocean a priority at the G7, and want politicians to distance themselves from the fossil fuel industry.

Their demands also include that governments cease subsidies to shipping and begin to tax shipping fuel, and that the fleet is furloughed until a full and open investigation of world fish stocks is completed, with those in the fishing indstury to receive full pay using a tax on commercial shipping fuel.

A boat with the words 'Your children's future' burns in the protest. Picture: Guy Reece

Ocean Rebellion members say the UK government must make genuine action on climate and nature the priority at the G7.

Sophie Miller said: “Countless young people have already decided not to have children because the future they will face is simply too hard. With extreme weather already afflicting many people, crop-yields are failing and food shortages are leading to conflict, forced migration and famine.

"Our disregard of the ocean has led to a catastrophic decline in fish stocks, with many crucial habitats totally destroyed.”

It was the latest in a series of protests by Ocean Rebellion in the run up to the G7 Summit. Picture: Guy Reece

Rob Higgs added: “This is an emergency. Ocean Rebellion is appealing to the G7 to wake up, join the dots, and take immediate action.

"Marine habitat destruction is causing elevated levels of atmospheric CO2. For instance, UK bottom trawling [dragging heavy weights along the seabed to catch fish] generates emissions equivalent to 13% of UK terrestrial emissions.”

Ocean Rebellion is calling for a global ban on bottom trawling by the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) this November, as well as a ban on the use of HFO, a waste product of the oil industry, and a reduction of shipping emissions by at least 10% a year.

Ocean Rebellion was launched in August 2020, created by a small group who had been active in Extinction Rebellion (XR) since its inception.