Giant flag for Europe's energy future1 March 2007
Friends of the Earth campaigners from across Europe were in Brussels last week to demand a clean safe energy future.
Spring Summit
March to the Council
building
At the Spring Summit in Brussels on March 8/9, European Heads of State met to discuss Europe's energy.
On the agenda were targets for
- Energy efficiency
- Renewable energy
- Greenhouse gas emissions
Decisions made at this meeting could lock Europe into decades of dirty power or a cleaner brighter future.
Friends of the Earth action
Friends of the Earth Europe organised an action outside the Council building to show the need to tackle climate change.
image © Nick Davies/Friends of the Earth
300 activists from 15 Friends of the Earth Europe groups travelled from central, eastern, southern and northern Europe to participate in the action.
They created a 12m high European flag with positive and negative energy symbols and sent their message to the heart of the European government.
Representatives from the German delegation delivered a star signed by everyone present on the action to the Council meeting.
As a result of the meeting, EU Leaders agreed to:
- Cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020
- Get 20% of energy from renewable sources by 2020
© Lode Saidane, Nick Davies/Friends of the Earth
