ChinesePod News (April 26, 2019)br br Extinction Rebellion leaders began a series of protests in London on April 15 to demandbr that U.K. lawmakers recognize climate change as an emergency. Final demonstrationsbr on Thursday targeted the financial district. Activists hoped to shed light on the financialbr sector’s role in “funding climate and ecological destruction,” the Associated Pressbr reported.br br br NOTE: This video features SIMPLIFIED characters, which are used in Mainland China. For viewers studying the form of written Chinese used in Hong Kong and Taiwan (traditional), the traditional-character version of this story (alongside all others of ChinesePod Today) is available at br br This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary: br br 服从 to obeybr 瘫痪 to disruptbr 示威 to protestbr 灭绝 to become extinctbr 适得其反 counter-productivebr br Editor's Note:br 2'17 响应 were mistyped as 回应br br Go to ChinesePod.com for more great lessons and videos!br ===================================br Like this video? Sign-up today to make the most of ChinesePod.