Activists from the group poured the dye, which they claim is not harmful to the environment, into canals, rivers, lakes and fountains in ten Italian cities to denounce the “huge impact of climate collapse”.
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Environmental activists from the Extinction Rebellion group painted the Grand Canal in Venice green on Saturday, November 22, as the UN climate conference in Brazil at least produced an agreement on ending the use of fossil fuels. Activists from the group poured dye, which they claim is not harmful to the environment, into canals, rivers, lakes and fountains in ten Italian cities to denounce “huge impact of climate collapse”.
The green dye was dumped into the Po River in Turin, the Reno River in Bologna, the Tara River in Taranto, as well as fountains in Padua and Genoa, the activist group said. Renowned Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was present at the “Stop Ecocide” protest in Venice, where demonstrators dressed all in red, their faces veiled, walked slowly through crowds of tourists.
“The most important global summit to determine an international political agreement to combat climate and social collapse is coming to an end, and once again this year Italy is among the countries blocking the most ambitious proposal.” said Paola, an activist quoted (without her last name) by Extinction Rebellion in a statement.
After two weeks of talks between nearly 200 countries, and a final night of talks in Belem, the countries prepared to adopt a simple text prepared by Brazil’s summit president. European countries have resigned themselves to accepting the agreement in front of developing and oil-producing countries.
