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Added on the 10/11/2023 15:35:19 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
GreenPeace activists unfurled a huge banner with the image of Patrick Pouyanne on the facade of a shopping centre in La Defense, denouncing "the head of Greenpeace activists put up a banner on the facade of the CNIT shopping centre bearing the effigy of Patrick Pouyanne, CEO of TotalEnergies. The banner reads "Civil society is looking for the head of France's most polluting company, which is making billions at the expense of the planet and its people. If you have any information, please do not contact the government, which is its main accomplice"", as TotalEnergies prepared for another tense general meeting where shareholders were due to vote on climate issues and the reappointment of the CEO. IMAGES
A Greenpeace activist hangs from the building hosting the Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels, organised by the IAEA, holding a sign that reads "Nuclear Fairytale." Promoting nuclear energy has been a taboo in Brussels, but the summit is designed to send out the message that it is key to fighting climate change. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's presence at the G7 summit "can be a game changer", French President Emmanuel Macron says as the two leaders met in Hiroshima. Zelensky's surprise trip to meet both G7 allies and invited developing nations like Brazil and India is a "unique opportunity" to "express your situation, convey your message and share your view", Macron tells his Ukrainian counterpart. SOUNDBITE
Around 20 Greenpeace activists demonstrate outside the European Commission's headquarters in Brussels to denounce the institution's support for the EastMed gas pipeline project, denounced as a "war monger" and a "climate bomb". They put up a banner several dozen metres long, symbolising the pipeline. Police asks the activists to leave the area. No arrests were made. IMAGES
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg accuses attendees of the World Economic Forum in Davos of "fuelling the destruction of the planet" as she arrives at the event in the Swiss Alps. SOUNDBITE