(ANSA) - CARBIS BAY, June 12 - A large globe on fire, a pink cardboard Noah's Ark with the words 'Tell the truth', banners of denunciation, music and slogans: a colorful and peaceful This afternoon an environmental demonstration invaded the streets of Falmouth, the Cornish town that is home to the G7 media center. Among the demonstrators there were also seven people with papier-mâché masks depicting the 7 Great Ones of the earth: Biden, Johnson, Draghi, Merkel, Macron, Trudeau and Suga.
A few hundred people, called together by the non-violent movement Extinction Rebellion, marched along the streets of the tourist resort, and then stopped in front of the entrance of the international press center, launching a speech at the G7 leaders, to denounce their inertia in the face of the climate emergency . "Actions not words", "the G7 drowning in promises" were some of the slogans.
In the morning some Oxfam activists disguised as caricature G7 leaders had appeared on Falmouth beach, seated on deck chairs, in bathing suits and with a straw hat on their heads. An initiative to ask leaders to commit to cutting emissions and strengthening economic aid to fragile economies, trying to reduce the impact of climate change.(HANDLE).
