Protest group Insulate Britain have been making headlines across the country over the last few weeks for their disruptive roadblock protests.
The environmental group have been blocking traffic and glueing themselves to roads, which has drawn ire both from certain members of the public and the UK Government.
Boris Johnson called them "irresponsible crusties", and some have been attacked by angry drivers during their protests.
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With COP26 starting in just a few days, it's important to know what the environmental group's demands are and why they are taking such drastic measures to get them enacted.
Here is what you need to know about Insulate Britain.
Who are Insulate Britain?
Insulate Britain formed out of the global environmental movement Extinction Rebellion.
Like that group, it aims to utilise non-violent - but disruptive - methods to enact their goals, which are primarily aimed at minimising the impact of the climate crisis.
Unlike Extinction Rebellion though, which is concerned with climate change on a macro scale, Insulate Britain is focused on one cause of UK emissions - poor insulation in housing.
This is a significant contributor to the global climate crisis.
On the Insulate Britain website, it states: "Humanity is at a pivotal crossroads: accelerated human-caused global heating is threatening to destroy human civilisation unless urgent action is taken to rapidly reduce our greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).
"The science is not disputed and now is the time to act."
What are Insulate Britain's demands?
Insulate Britain has two demands from the UK Government.
Firstly, it wants the government to immediately promise to fully fund and take responsibility for the insulation of all social housing in Britain by 2025.
Secondly, the group demands that UK government immediately promises to produce a legally binding national plan to fully fund and take responsibility for the full low-energy and low-carbon whole-house retrofit of all homes in Britain by 2030 as part of a transition to full decarbonisation.
Climate scientists have supported the insulation of homes as way of both minimising climate change and saving occupants money.
Why are Insulate Britain making headlines at the moment?
The group is in the news at the moment both for the highly disruptive protests that it is undertaking, and the highly negative reaction to them from certain members of the public and government.
Members of Insulate Britain have blocked the M25, and many other motorways and busy roads, over the past weeks by glueing themselves to the tarmac.
Dozens of members have been arrested for their role in blocking major junctions.
Videos have been shared on social media of group members having ink thrown in their face, and of one member of the public telling a protestor that he hopes their loved ones get cancer.
