London (CNN) Climate change activists have demonstrated in London for the third straight day, as two protesters glued themselves to the roof of a train, others shut down major traffic routes and police confirmed they have made more than 300 arrests since Monday. The Extinction Rebellion (XR) group organized the protests, seeking to highlight "disastrous inaction" on climate change. Demonstrators have blocked some of central London's main traffic arteries since Monday -- including at Marble Arch, Parliament Square, Oxford Circus and Waterloo Bridge -- and on Wednesday began a day of "light" disruption of the city's overground train network. Police remove a climate change protester from the roof of a London train. A pair of demonstrators at Canary Wharf station, in the heart of one of London's financial districts, glued themselves to the roof of a train and also unfurled a banner reading "Climate Emergency." Police officers then climbed up onto the train to unstick the protesters, who were put into harnesses and gently lowered by the police to the station floor. A third protester, who had glued his hand on the side of a train, was removed after a short-lived, yet polite, protest. A climate change protester who glued his hand to a window halts a train at Canary Wharf station on Wednesday. XR said that Wednesday's transport disruption is called "The Pause," which aims to "create moments in time when humanity stops and fully considers the extent of the harm we have done and are doing to life on earth." The Wi-Fi network at underground stations in London has been switched off in an effort to prevent climate change activists from coordinating their protests, Britain's Press Association reported. While spirits remained high among protesters, authorities expressed some weariness with the demonstrations. Mayor Sadiq Khan told Sky News that he was frustrated that protesters had disrupted London's transport system. "I'd say to the organizers: Please work with the police, please work with TFL (London's travel authority), to make sure you minimize disruption caused to those trying to get about their business in our city," he said. His comments come after the New West End company, which represents 600 retailers and restaurants in London, said retailers lost £12 million ($15 million) in two days of protests. Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London British actress Emma Thompson talks to members of the news media on Friday, April 19, from atop a boat being used by climate activists to blockade the Oxford Circus junction in central London. Hide Caption 1 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London Police carry a protester away from Oxford Circus on April 17. Hide Caption 2 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London Activists blockade Waterloo bridge on the third day of protests organized by the Extinction Rebellion group. Hide Caption 3 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London Activists, including Labour Party councilor Skeena Rathor, left, are photographed with their hands glued together and locked to a fence outside the home of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in north London on April 17. Hide Caption 4 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London Police begin to remove climate activists who glued themselves to a train in London on April 17. Hide Caption 5 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London Climate activists hold a sign on top of a Dockland Light Railway train at Canary Wharf station, in east London, as part of ongoing climate change protests in the English capital. Hide Caption 6 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London Activists block Oxford Circus in central London on Wednesday. Hide Caption 7 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London A climate change protestor who glued his hand to a window halts a train at Canary wharf station on the third day of environmental protests by the Extinction Rebellion group. Hide Caption 8 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London Climate change protestors practice yoga on Waterloo Bridge in central London on April 17. Hide Caption 9 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London A boy plays football across chalk drawings during the ongoing blockade of Waterloo Bridge. Hide Caption 10 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London Police officers remove a protester from the Waterloo Bridge blockade during a coordinated protest on Tuesday, April 16. Hide Caption 11 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London Activists carry model insects as the demonstrate on Waterloo Bridge on April 16. Hide Caption 12 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London A infant is held alongside a protest sign in Parliament Square, London, on Tuesday. Hide Caption 13 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London Members of the Extinction Rebellion group talk with police during a demonstration at Waterloo Bridge. Hide Caption 14 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London "No Time to Waste" is written on the pavement at Waterloo Bridge. Hide Caption 15 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London Extinction Rebellion demonstrators camp near Marble Arch, London, on April 16. Hide Caption 16 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London An activist sprays graffiti on an awning at the Shell Centre, offices of Royal Dutch Shell, as demonstrators surround the building during an environmental protest by Extinction Rebellion members on Monday, April 15. Hide Caption 17 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London A campaigner sits with her hand glued to the revolving doors at the entrance to the Shell Oil building on April 15. Hide Caption 18 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London Protesting acrobats block traffic in London on April 15. Hide Caption 19 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London Members of the Extinction Rebellion group stage a demonstration on Waterloo Bridge. Hide Caption 20 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London Ice blocks shaped as life vests melt in the sun as members and supporters of Extinction Rebellion rally in Parliament Square on April 15. Hide Caption 21 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London Demonstrators wear costumes at Oxford Circus. Hide Caption 22 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London An environmental protestor stands on a barrier to take a picture on April 15. Hide Caption 23 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London Acrobats participate in the demonstration at Oxford Circus on April 15. Hide Caption 24 of 25 Photos: In photos: Climate change activists stage protests across London Environmental protesters from the Extinction Rebellion group arrive with a tree to stage a demonstration on Waterloo Bridge. Protesters placed plants along the length of the bridge on April 15. Hide Caption 25 of 25 Over 300 arrests London's Metropolitan Police confirmed that they have arrested 340 people since demonstrations kicked off on Monday. The police have imposed a 24-hour ban on protesting in Parliament Square after protesters blocked roads nearby. A ban on demonstrating has also been renewed for three more days at Oxford Circus while a prohibition at Waterloo Bridge remains active. Police have told protesters to continue any demonstrations at Marble Arch. With the orders in place, XR was braced for further arrests, as protesters returned to Oxford Street and continued their blockade of Waterloo Bridge. On the bridge, demonstrators created a street party atmosphere in the British spring sunshine. For most of the day, the air was filled with music, singing and conversation. Signs reading "The climate is changing, why aren't we?" and "People and planet vs. profit" lined a makeshift campsite where a vegetarian diner, second-hand book shop and sleeping area have been set up.<doc-sep>April 17 (UPI) -- Despite hundreds having been arrested so far, climate change activists threatened to disrupt public transportation in London Wednesday after demonstrations at four city landmarks in the past two days. Since Monday, the "Extinction Rebellion" has blocked areas at Marble Arch, Waterloo Bridge, Parliament Square and Oxford Circus. Thousands have taken part in the movement, which calls for urgent action to fight humans' warming of the Earth's atmosphere. Advertisement The group called on activists to "bring a pause to transport" in the British capital Wednesday. Transport for London responded by disabling Wi-Fi in subways at the request of the British Transport Police. "We're working closely with the police to manage the impact of disruption to London's transport network," a Transport for London representative told The Guardian. "Customer Wi-Fi in underground stations have been temporarily switched off. We will restore access as soon as we are able to do so." RELATED Police arrest 200 climate change activists in London London Mayor Sadiq Khan said in a statement that while he's sympathetic to the environmental movement, the effort to disrupt public transportation is counter-productive. "I'm also a staunch supporter of the right to peaceful protest -- which is a cornerstone of our democracy," Khan said. "However, I am extremely concerned about the plans some protesters have to disrupt the London Underground. "Targeting public transport in this way would only damage the cause of all of us who want to tackle climate change, as well as risking Londoners' safety." RELATED Evolution puts speed limit on recovery of biodiversity after mass extinctions "The sun may not have been shining quite so brightly in London today, it may have even rained a little, but by golly does the rebel soul still burn bright in the capital tonight," the Extinction Rebellion website said Tuesday. More than 200 protesters were arrested over the demonstration's first two days.<doc-sep>The Extinction Rebellion environmental protests in London rumbled on into a sixth day Saturday as the total number of arrests hit 718, according to the Metropolitan Police. Some 28 people have been charged in relation to the protests, which have caused disruption for commuters in the British capital. Demonstrators were continuing to block Waterloo Bridge in the city and the central Oxford Circus junction despite the removal by police of the pink sailing boat which had acted as a natural focal point for the movement. Oxford Street and Piccadilly Circus are among other protest sites continuing since Monday morning. Film star Emma Thompson joined protesters on Friday to read poetry praising Earth's bounties. "Our planet is in serious trouble," Thompson told reporters amid a crowd of about 300 activists, according to eye witnesses. She addressed them from the pink boat before its removal as shoppers and tourists milled past. "We are here in this island of sanity and it makes me so happy to be able to join you all and to add my voice to the young people here who have inspired a whole new movement," said Thompson, one of Britain's most acclaimed actresses who has won two Academy awards. She was one of several actors who read poems celebrating the beauty of nature. The activists formed a human chain around the boat, with one attached to its main mast making it extremely difficult for the police to dislodge him. After a painstaking operation, they removed him and secured the boat, but had difficulty transporting the vessel away because more protesters continually sat in their path. A small group of younger protesters blocked a roundabout in Heathrow Airport area Friday morning but they were removed from the roads to keep the disruption to a minimum. The protesters, some as young as 13 and 14, held a banner alongside a busy road which read: "Are we the last generation?" Some of the teenagers wept and hugged each other, although they were far outnumbered by police. "I fear for my future" Oscar Idle, 17, told Reuters at Heathrow. "That fear gives me courage to act." "I want to live in a society which is not catastrophic, where there is not going to be food shortages, wild fires and hurricanes where people can live," he said. Heathrow Airport said that they were working with police to avoid such disturbance. The protests are organized by the campaign group Extinction Rebellion, which was established last year in Britain by academics and has become one of the world's fastest-growing environmental movements. Campaigners want governments to declare a climate and ecological emergency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2025, halt biodiversity loss and be led by new "citizens' assemblies on climate and ecological justice." Police have been trying to confine the protests to one site in London, at Marble Arch on the corner of Hyde Park, but the protesters have ignored the threat of arrest and continued to block other sites. "We are trying our best to give the businesses a chance to return to 'business as usual'," police said. "One thing that is unusual about this demonstration is the willingness of those participating to be arrested and also their lack of resistance to the arrests." In a Twitter post, Metropolitan Police also said the "protesters are using tactics of lying on the ground when approached" and this makes "at least four officers to remove one person to ensure their safety." The large number of arrests has created a "logistical problem" for the police in terms of cell space and also the "wider criminal justice system." Friday is the start of a four-day-long Easter break and the Extinction Rebellion said on Twitter thousands of more people would come and join them in London. Most of the protesters are released in a few hours after giving statements at police stations.<doc-sep>
More than 100 people were arrested on Wednesday in the climate protests that have caused major disruption in central London, Scotland Yard said, taking the total number of arrests to almost 400. Activists stepped up the demonstrations on their third day, targeting the capital’s rail network and the home of the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Traders in the West End warned that the protests, which have seen protesters block four London landmarks for the past three days, had already cost them tens of millions of pounds. The first estimate of the financial impact of the so-called climate rebellion came as activists targeted London’s rail network. Just after 11am, three people glued themselves to a train at Canary Wharf station, causing delays on the Docklands Light Railway. A few hours later, four protesters glued their hands together and chained themselves to a fence outside Corbyn’s house, saying he was “the best hope this country has got” to meet the challenges of the climate crisis, adding that they were there to “support him” to go further. Thousands of people, including parents and young children, pensioners, scientists and environmentalists, have taken part in Extinction Rebellion protests. On Wednesday afternoon, the four sites that protesters had occupied in London since Monday – Marble Arch, Waterloo Bridge, Parliament Square and Oxford Circus – remained under their control, causing ongoing delays and diversions in the surrounding areas. Q&A What is Extinction Rebellion? Show Extinction Rebellion is a protest group that uses non-violent civil disobedience to campaign on environmental issues. Launched in October 2018, with an assembly at Parliament Square to announce a 'declaration of rebellion' against the UK Government, the group has staged regular demonstrations against current environmental policies. More than 1,000 activists were arrested in April 2019 after protesters occupied four sites across London, as well as blocking roads, disrupting a railway line and conducting a protest at Heathrow. Other demonstrations have included a semi-naked protest inside the House of Commons and blockading streets in London, Cardiff, Leeds, Bristol and Glasgow. The group says climate breakdown threatens all life on Earth, and so it is rebelling against politicians who “have failed us”, to provoke radical change that will stave off a climate emergency. The movement has become global with groups set up in countries include the US, Spain, Australia, South Africa and India. Martin Belam Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Was this helpful? Thank you for your feedback. The Metropolitan police has designated Marble Arch as a legitimate protest site. By early evening, large numbers of police officers had turned out in force at the other three sites announcing they were imposing a section 14 order requiring protesters to leave. Several hundred officers appeared in Parliament Square, removed sparsely manned roadblocks and took down gazebos, apparently retaking the space without difficulty. However, there were reports that activists had managed to hold the space after the arrival of a samba band, while others tried to set up new barriers around the square. In Oxford Circus, police circulated among the crowd, who had been dancing all day to music from a stage mounted on a pink boat, serving notice on each. Police made a concerted attempt to clear Waterloo Bridge by walking among the crowd and serving section 14 notices on all the people assembled there, telling them they had the right to either to go home or continue their protest in Marble Arch. Anyone who refused to comply was arrested. 00:39 Climate protesters climb on top of train at Canary Wharf – video By 9pm the Guardian had witnessed police carry away at least a dozen protesters, while many others left of their own accord. People who had already been served notice were arrested straight away if they did not leave after a few minutes. There was pandemonium at times as police officers walked through the crowd, picking individuals apparently at random. A large number of police officers arrived as reinforcements at about 8.30pm. However, numbers of protesters remained strong and cheers erupted each time an arrest was made. By 9.15pm they were led in a call and response song and chants of “whose police? our police. Whose hearts? Our hearts. Whose souls? Our souls.” On Tuesday, organisers had warned that they were planning to disrupt London’s rail and tube network, and just after 11am three activists glued themselves to a DLR train at Canary Wharf, unfurling a banner reading, “Climate emergency – act now.” Two people then glued themselves to the top of the train.