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Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comLONDON, April 22 (Reuters) - Climate activists shattered 19 windows at HSBC’s headquarters in London’s Canary Wharf on Thursday as part of a protest against the financing of what the group says is devastating climate change that threatens the planet.The female activists from the Extinction Rebellion group used hammers to break the windows and pasted stickers on them before sitting down to wait for the police to arrest them, a Reuters reporter at the scene said."Despite HSBC's pledge to shrink its carbon footprint to net zero by 2050, their current climate plan still allows the bank to finance coal power, and provides no basis to turn away clients or cancel contracts based on links to the fossil fuel industry," Extinction Rebellion said in a statement.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comA spokesman for HSBC said the bank welcomed meaningful dialogue on its climate strategy but that it could not "condone vandalism or actions that put people and property at risk".The bank said it aimed to be net zero carbon emissions by 2030 and to phase out the financing of coal-fired power and thermal coal mining by 2040 globally.An activist from the Extinction Rebellion, a global environmental movement, holds a hammer in front of a broken window during a direct action protest outside HSBC headquarters in Canary Wharf, London, Britain April 22, 2021. REUTERS/John Sibley"We have an ambition to be net zero by 2030 and to bring our financed emissions to net zero by 2050," the HSBC spokesman said.Extinction Rebellion wants to prompt a wider revolt against the political, economic and social structures of the modern world to avert the worst scenarios of devastation outlined by scientists studying climate change.The group, which brought parts of London to a standstill in 2019, broke windows at the two weeks ago as it focuses on the finance sector. "It’s time to stand up and be counted," said Gully Bujak, 28, from Extinction Rebellion. "Doing this today may land us in prison but we’re on the right side of history."The activists referenced the struggle of the Suffragettes who used direct action to fight for votes for women in the early 20th Century.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comOur Standards:

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comLONDON, April 22 (Reuters) - Climate activists shattered 19 windows at HSBC’s headquarters in London’s Canary Wharf on Thursday as part of a protest against the financing of what the group says is devastating climate change that threatens the planet.The female activists from the Extinction Rebellion group used hammers to break the windows and pasted stickers on them before sitting down to wait for the police to arrest them, a Reuters reporter at the scene said."Despite HSBC's pledge to shrink its carbon footprint to net zero by 2050,...

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