Climate Action in Venice during G8 Summit in Italy

Greenpeace activists paint "G8: lead or lose" on the Marghera coal fired power plant near Venice, as a last urgent call to the G8 leaders meeting in L'Aquila to improve their commitments to combat climate change. The activists are occupying the plant for the second day as part of a nationwide protest.

Unique identifier: GP01SPI

Type: Image

Shoot date: 09/07/2009

Locations: Europe, Italy, Venice (Italy)

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Francesco Alesi

Size: 4368px × 2912px 5MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Climate Action in Venice during G8 Summit in Italy

Greenpeace activists carry out two actions near Venice by occupying a coal fired power plant and painting a message on a coal transport ship, to denounce coal as the worst climate pollutant of all fossil fuels. The activities are part of a nationwide protest started as the leaders of the world’s most powerful nations arrived at the G8 Summit in L’Aquila, Italy. Over 100 Greenpeace activists from around the world have occupied four coal-fired power stations across Italy, demanding the G8 Heads of State to take leadership on climate change. The G8 leaders must stop putting the interests of big coal and other climate polluting industries ahead of the planet and take strong, decisive leadership on climate change. That means deep cuts in emissions by 2020, investing in adaption and mitigation in the developing world and halting tropical deforestation.

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