Environmental activists blocked off some intersections between Capitol Hill and downtown Washington Monday to press government officials to act upon rising temperatures across the globe. The “Shut Down DC” protest comes days after activists flooded the streets for a “Global Climate Strike” Friday and was timed with the start of the United Nations Action Climate Summit in New York.

[gwh_image id=”1098134″ credit=”Arielle Bader | Assistant Photo Editor ” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]A group of protestors walk toward the blockade at the front of the street. [/gwh_image]

[gwh_image id=”1098138″ credit=”Arielle Bader | Assistant Photo Editor ” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]Activists create a human chain to block off the road at the “Shut Down DC” protest Monday morning. [/gwh_image]

[gwh_image id=”1098135″ credit=”Arielle Bader | Assistant Photo Editor ” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]Lesley Argotti, from Ecuador, holds a sign at the “Shut Down DC” protest Monday morning. [/gwh_image]

[gwh_image id=”1098136″ credit=”Arielle Bader | Assistant Photo Editor ” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]Seth Newmeyer writes facts about climate change in chalk at the “Shut Down DC” protest Monday morning at the intersection of 12th Street and Independence Avenue. [/gwh_image]

[gwh_image id=”1098137″ credit=”Arielle Bader | Assistant Photo Editor ” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]Lucian Stone and Sarah Elmendorf chant during the “Shut Down DC” protest Monday morning. The two traveled from western Massachusetts to participate in the shutdown. [/gwh_image]

[gwh_image id=”1098141″ credit=”Zach Brien | Photographer” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]Protestors close off the road with a boat. [/gwh_image]

[gwh_image id=”1098143″ credit=”Eric Lee | Staff Photographer” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]Chalk reads, “Earth on Fire” in the middle of a street during a city-wide shutdown to protest climate change. [/gwh_image]

[gwh_image id=”1098144″ credit=”Eric Lee | Staff Photographer” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]A protestor leads a chant at the “Shut Down DC” protest Monday. [/gwh_image]

[gwh_image id=”1098145″ credit=”Eric Lee | Staff Photographer” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]Police use power tools and forcibly remove a protestor chained to a boat on 16th & K streets. [/gwh_image]

[gwh_image id=”1098140″ credit=”Arielle Bader | Assistant Photo Editor ” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]A Metropolitan Police Department officer watches protestors block the road. [/gwh_image]

[gwh_image id=”1098139″ credit=”Arielle Bader | Assistant Photo Editor ” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]A “Shut Down DC” protestor holds a sign during a rally at the intersection of 12th Street and Independence Avenue. [/gwh_image]