EXTINCTION Rebellion activists aged four to 83 protested outside BP’s HQ in London today to demand the oil giant reverse a decision to scrap its previous energy transition strategy.

Protesters occupied the road, holding signs featuring BP CEO Murray Auchincloss reading: “WANTED For Destroying Our Future.”

Mr Auchincloss, who took home £5.4 million in pay last year, announced a “fundamental reset” in BP’s strategy in February.

More than £4 billion was slashed from BP’s low-carbon investment plan, while investment in oil and gas increased by £7.9bn.

One activist dressed as a BP executive slowly poured oil over three kneeling rebels, and then onto a row of empty children’s shoes, symbolising what BP’s strategy U-turn means for  children’s futures.

Katherine Hill, 45, a maternity worker present at the action with her three children, said: “BP is doubling down on planet-killing fossil fuel extraction and slashing renewable investments.

“We are here to question and to make these climate criminals think about all the young lives they are condemning to a hot-house planet.”

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Caroline Hartnell, 74, a grandmother from Wandsworth, also attending, said: “BP has cynically used its immense power and wealth to influence government energy policy to maximise oil and gas extraction, despite the clear scientific consensus that continuing to burn fossil fuels is accelerating climate change and will kill billions of people. 

“They are burning my children and grandchildren’s future and they are clearly not going to stop or even slow down. These people should be in the dock for what they are doing.”