Yesterday six female members of Greenpeace scaled the London Shard, Europe’s tallest skyscraper, to draw attention to Shell’s plans to drill for oil in the Arctic, a hitherto virtually untouched wilderness and one of the world’s last.

 Of course, many will say how irresponsible these young women were to risk their lives in such a foolhardy manner. Others will protest that Greenpeace are right to draw attention to the way that huge corporations, built for nothing but profit, are destroying the environment and are exploiting the world’s resources without any thought for its welfare.

Greenpeace continue to highlight matters of grave concern to the planet that would perhaps otherwise escape our notice. For our own sake and for the sake of future generations, we should all be glad that they do.