2000-2003

Protests outside Russian embassies
1 September 2003

Climate campaigners throughout Europe have staged protests outside the Russian embassy in their country, calling on Russia to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.

Check out the photos below of the actions in London, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy and Norway.

Extreme weather conditions in Kensington, outside the Russian embassy in London, UK

BUND/Friends of the Earth Germany and WWF join forces in Berlin, Germany
BUND/Friends of the Earth Germany and WWF join forces in Berlin, Germany
image © BUND/Friends of the Earth Germany,

Danish protestors ask 'Russia - Ratify the Kyoto Protocol
Danish protestors ask 'Russia - Ratify the Kyoto Protocol' in Copenhagen, Denmark
image © NOAH/Friends of the Earth Denmark

Melting ice sculpture in The Hague, Netherlands
Melting ice sculpture in The Hague, Netherlands
image © Milieudefenise/Friends of the Earth Netherlands

Climate warning in Luxembourg
Climate warning in Luxembourg
image © Mouvement Ecologique/Friends of the Earth Luxembourg

Campaigners deliver a letter in Milan, Italy
Campaigners deliver a letter in Milan, Italy
image © Amici della Terra/Friends of the Earth Italy,

The Russians hold the future of the world in their hands in Oslo, Norway

The Russians hold the future of the world in their hands in Oslo, Norway
image © Norges Naturvernforbund/Friends of the Earth Norway

Friends of the Earth groups in Finland and the Czech Republic also handed over letters to their Russian embassies.

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BUND - Friends of the Earth Germany Friends of the Earth Denmark Milieu Defensie -  Friends of the Earth Netherlands Mouvement Ecologique Amici della Terra Norges Naturvernforbund -  Norwegian society for the conservation of nature