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Added on the 04/11/2022 21:48:44 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Two activists from Just Stop Oil, a movement campaigning against fossil fuels, have glued themselves to the frame of a Vincent Van Gogh painting at the Courtauld Gallery in London, calling for the government to end new fossil fuel projects, and for art institutions to join them in civil resistance. IMAGES
Two environmental activists throw soup at the armoured glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" at the Louvre museum in Paris, justifying their action by their desire to promote "the right to healthy and sustainable food." IMAGES
Police have arrested eight climate activists who forced their way into Frankfurt airport, Germany's busiest, forcing it to temporarily suspend arrivals and departures, seeing queues of passenger and flights cancelled. IMAGES
A group of Extinction Rebellion activists climb on top of the roof of the Faculty of Biology in Turin, Italy, overlooking Piazza Carlina, violating the red zone where the hotel hosting some of the G7 energy ministers is located. The Group of Seven meeting is the first big political session since the world pledged at the UN's COP28 climate summit in December to transition away from coal, oil and gas. IMAGES
Around a hundred activists protest against the G7 Ministers' Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment by blocking the highway and letting off smoke flares in Turin for about 30 minutes. The meeting begins Sunday evening. IMAGES
The façade of a Lisbon hotel used as the centre-right coalition's HQ for election night was covered in red paint by climate activists. 'There is no victory in guaranteeing climate chaos' claimed the Climáximo collective in a press release. IMAGES