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Greenpeace Lights Up Berlin TV Tower With 'Act Now' Plea to Merz Before COP Belém

The pre-dawn projection pressed leaders to toughen EU climate goals ahead of next week’s UN talks in Belém.

Overview

  • Activists used several projectors to make the tower’s dome resemble a burning globe and to beam the message “Act Now” onto the shaft.
  • The demonstration ran from 6 to 7 a.m. and ended after sunrise when police asked organizers to stop.
  • Greenpeace said the appeal was directed at Chancellor Friedrich Merz and criticized Germany and the EU for taking weak targets to Brazil.
  • The group urged EU states to back the previously agreed phase-out of coal, oil and gas and to implement forest protection measures.
  • The action was timed for days before the UN climate conference opens in Belém, which Greenpeace framed as a test of European responsibility.