Climate Action at Pitztaler Glacier

Greenpeace activists protest against the Austrian government's failure to protect the country's glaciers at the Pitztaler glacier in the Austrian Tyrol. The activists display a banner reading 'Glaciers Need Real Help – Stop Climate Change’ and claim that only a reduction in greenhouses gases will save the glaciers from melting way and not protective sheets as a solution offered by the Austrian government.

In original language:

Protest auf Tiroler Gletscher gegen Klimapolitik

Mit einem 45 mal 14 Meter großen Transparent mit der Aufschrift "Klimaschutz statt Gletscherpflaster" haben am Donnerstag zwanzig Greenpeace-Aktivisten aus Österreich und Deutschland am Pitztaler Gletscher auf 3.000 Metern Höhe gegen das "Versagen der heimischen Klimapolitik" protestiert. Das Transparent entrollten die Umweltschützer auf einer Abdeckfolie, einem so genannten "Gletscherpflaster", das gegen das klimabedingte Abschmelzen des Gletschers angebracht worden war.

Unique identifier: GP01GW1

Type: Image

Shoot date: 04/08/2005

Locations: Alpine Countries, Austria, Europe, Pitztaler Glacier, Tyrol

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Rudi Froese

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Climate Action at Pitztaler Glacier in Germany

Activists demonstrate against the Austrian government's failure in taking effective measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to tackle climate change and protect the Pitztaler glacier. Greenpeace criticises the government's plan to cover the glacier with a protective plaster sheet as a measure against its melting.

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