Protest in Barcelona – climate activists targeted the pharaoh’s coffin

These were scattered across walls and a glass case containing a replica of a pharaoh’s coffin. The two climate protectors also stuck their hands to exhibits and unrolled a banner that read, among other things, the inscriptions “+ 2.5 C” and “Climate Justice”.

Activists: “We can’t take this anymore”
Futuro Vegetal said the fluids symbolize blood and petroleum. The aim of the campaign is to draw attention to the climate crisis. “We can no longer accept governments washing their image in COPs to mislead the population without actually doing anything,” it said on Twitter, referring to the current situation in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh event.

Futuro Vegetal already caused a stir last Saturday with a protest in the Prado Museum in Madrid. Two young people clung to the frames of two famous paintings by the Spanish master Francisco de Goya. The main museum in the Spanish capital criticized the action: “We reject the fact that cultural heritage is endangered by using it as a means of protest,” it said. Culture Minister Miquel Iceta also condemned “the act of vandalism”, which “cannot be justified by anything”.

Greenpeace: climate conference should yield more than hot air
Meanwhile, the environmental protection organization Greenpeace drew a sobering interim assessment halfway through the UN climate conference in Egypt: “With the countries’ current climate protection plans, we will not be able to contain the climate crisis. We are still a long way from the $100 billion pledged annually for climate finance. There are still some glimmers of hope: Austria, for example, has pledged to increase its resources for climate finance and to make money available for damage and losses caused by the climate crisis. planet,” the NGO continues.