No. They're there to support they own sense of moral virtue and righteousness. They've done far more harm for climate activism than good. Now climate activism is seen as some sort of annoying lefty pastime instead of the absolute urgent matter that it is.
Everyone knows protests are only effective if they don't inconvenience anyone. Ideally, climate activism should be conducted from the inside of one's closet. That's how real change happens!
But why are they inconveniencing people who wanted to watch a tennis match and not idk... oil execs?
They get as much sympathy from me as I gave the truckers who protested outside my apartment building in Ottawa trying to convince me covid isnt real as if I had any decision making power
This is the problem, people have been quietly talking about this issue and trying to convince people for decades. Barely anything has happened. Protest is supposed to be inconvenient. Not sure whether this type to protest works, but the quiet, passive way certainly doesn't.