THE government must rewrite the national curriculum to reflect the severity of the climate emergency, Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists demanded today.

XR scientists donning lab coats handed in a letter at the Department for Education in London yesterday to lay out their demands before marching to Trafalgar Square.

Outside the department, author and XR activist Dr Emily Grossman read out the movement’s Science Declaration which has been signed by 1,600 scientists worldwide.