Portrait of Activist during Climate Action COP6 in Rotterdam

Close up of female activist holding her filthy hands up to the camera and smiling.

In original language:

Klimaat Actie COP6 in Rotterdam

Greenpeace blokkeert vandaag de kolentoevoer om te protesteren tegen het gebruik van kolen voor de opwekking van energie. Actievoerders zijn vastgeketend aan de kolentransportband en er zijn spenadoeken opgehangen. Kolen worden onderschept, zodat ze niet in de elektriciteitscentrale worden verbrand. Het verbranden van kolen leidt tot de uitstoot van CO2, een van de belangrijkste broeikasgassen verantwoordelijk voor klimaatverandering.
Het publiek kon via internet de actie volgen en Greenpeace de opdracht geven om "hun" gedeelte van het jaarlijkse kolenverbruik terug te scheppen. Tot nu toe hebben meer dan 5.500 mensen opdracht gegeven om ruim 5,6 miljoen kilo kolen terug te scheppen.

Unique identifier: GP0A09

Type: Image

Shoot date: 14/11/2000

Locations: Europe, West Europe, Netherlands, Rotterdam, Rotterdam Harbour

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Ben Deiman

Ranking: ★★★★★★★ (A)

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Climate Action COP6 Returning Coal Rotterdam Harbour

Greenpeace blocks the transport of coal in the Rotterdam harbor as a protest against the use of coal as an energy source. Activists chained themselves to the machinery and coal is being intercepted to prevent them from being burned. The burning of coal leads to the emission of CO2, one of the most important causes of global warming.
Through an internetsite people could give Greenpeace permission to return the amount of coal they use per year to the cargoship which brought the coal to the power plant. About 5.500 people ordered 'their' coal, 5.6 million kilo, should be brought back to the ship to prevent further CO2 emissions.

During the climate conference this week in the Hague, 180 countries negotiate on how the Kyoto Protocol (Japan, 1997) should be carried out. In the Kyoto Protocol is agreed that industrialized countries will bring down their CO2 emissions with 5.2% around 2010. But to stop the climate change, we need about 80% reduction of the emissions.

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