EXTRA: Greenpeace sends protest ship to G8 climate change talks

eux.tv 16. March 2007

Potsdam, Germany (dpa) - A ship from the environmental organization Greenpeace sailed to within sight of the venue where environment ministers from the world’s leading industrial nations began discussions near Berlin Friday on how to combat climate change.

Sailing on Lake Jungfernsee in Potsdam, south-west of the German capital, the ship carried the slogan “Stop talking - act now” on its sail.

It positioned itself in front of the Schloss Cecilienhof Hotel, where the Group of Eight ministers from Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Britain, Japan, the US and Russia are meeting with their counterparts from India, China, Mexico Brazil and South Africa.