Climate activists screen spoof disaster movie trailers around London

Climate activists from Insure Our Survival have driven a mobile video van through central London. It showed spoof disaster movie trailers starring the UK CEOs of Zurich, Allianz, Aviva, AXA, AIG and Lloyd’s of London, challenging them for continuing to insure new fossil fuel projects even as climate impacts accelerate around the world.

The UK must prepare for climate crises

The action follows November’s National Emergency Briefing in Westminster, where hundreds of MPs, peers and leaders from business, faith, sport and culture gathered. They saw evidence showing that the UK must urgently prepare for cascading climate crises.

Representatives from the major publications heard warnings of extreme weather, food shortages, price shocks, economic instability and rising geopolitical risks.

Lucy Porter from Insure Our Survival said:

We don’t need fiction — we’re already living in a disaster movie. Jamaica was hit by a Category 5 hurricane. The Philippines has been devastated by typhoons. The UK’s leaders have been told bluntly: we are not safe. And yet these insurance CEOs keep the fossil fuel industry alive by underwriting new oil and gas expansion.

The briefing also highlighted the scale of fossil-fuel-funded disinformation that’s flooding Westminster and the media. And it called for an urgent televised national emergency briefing for the public. This could help people understand the risks to their safety, livelihoods and communities.

Porter added:

The public deserves the truth. These insurers could stop new fossil fuel projects tomorrow: no insurance means no drilling.

They have the power to save lives.

They are choosing profit instead.

If they refuse to act, our actions will escalate throughout 2026. We will not sit quietly while our futures burn.

The trailers end with a direct challenge to the CEOs: