Greenpeace protestors on Tuesday scaled a massive chimney at Poland’s Belchatow coal-fired power plant as one of Europe’s largest polluters gears up to host the COP24 global climate summit.
“We want to draw the world’s attention to the fact that climate change is real, that human tragedies are taking place before our eyes and that action is urgent,” Greenpeace Poland activist Katarzyna Guzek told AFP via telephone.She said nine activists from around the world had scaled the 180 metre (560 feet) tower as part of a Greenpeace campaign aimed at phasing out coal use.
“Belchatow is the largest coal-fired power station in the EU, one of the largest in the world and therefore the symbol of a system that kills life on our planet,” Guzek added.