Extinction Rebellion: ‘Why is climate activism so white?’

Climate change campaigners say there is not enough diversity at climate change protests.

Serayna Solanki worries that climate activists tend to be largely white and middle-class and says that has to change.

At a gathering in Leicester Serayna said: “What’s alarming is the lack of diversity that’s here considering we’re in Leicester, the most diverse city in the whole of the UK.”

You can see this story in full on BBC Inside Out East Midlands at 19:30 BST on Monday on BBC One, or via iPlayer for 30 days afterwards.

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