Extinction Rebellion said the protests will be five times bigger than the demonstrations in April which brought parts of London to a standstill.
FIRM POLICE ACTIONS
With the approval of London police commissioner Cressida Dick, the protesters were given a 48-hour notice that Trafalgar Square in the downtown area could be cleared.
Stephen House, the deputy commissioner, said, "It must now cease because it's going on for 10 days."
Protesters have blocked roads and glued themselves to buildings in high profile spots, including some government buildings in London to further their demands, with more than 1,600 arrested over the past week.
On Tuesday, the group's co-founder, Gail Bradbrook, was arrested shortly after she climbed on top of building doorway of the British Department for Transport in Westminster.
The Met Police said that 92 protesters have been charged with offences including failing to comply with a condition imposed under section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986, criminal damage and obstruction of a highway.
The police force is paying a heavy financial and operational price. The operations have so far cost 16 million pounds (20.56 million U.S. dollars) and seen officers drafted across the country, local media reports said.
The activists, who form part of a movement taking action in cities across the world, took to the streets in the British capital last Monday, kicking off two weeks of demonstrations demanding stronger action on climate change.
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