The 20-year-old Swedish activist had been at a protest outside a hotel hosting the heads of major oil and gas companies.
The 20-year-old Swedish activist was pictured being taken away by police officers and placed in the back of a marked van on Tuesday.
The demonstrators say fossil fuel companies are deliberately slowing the global energy transition to renewables in order to make more profit, highlighting how this year’s UN climate conference president is also the chief executive of an oil company. “It has been clear for decades that the fossil fuel industries were well aware of the consequences of their business models, and yet, they have done nothing.
During the demonstration, activists from Greenpeace abseiled down from the roof of the hotel to unfurl a banner reading “make big oil pay”, while a strong wind billowed the message and the protesters against the side of the building. The activist said the fossil fuel industry had 'actively delayed, distracted and denied the causes of the climate crisis'.Speakers at the conference include the chief executives of Saudi Arabia’s Aramco and Norway’s Equinor, the German ambassador to the UK and Graham Stuart, UK energy security and net zero minister.
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