Extinction Rebellion climate protesters block Geneva’s private jet terminal, saying the luxury aircraft make more carbon dioxide than normal planes
- Civil disobedience movement stages day of action at airport terminal demanding halt to ‘absurd’ form of luxury transport
Dozens of climate activists blocked access to the private jet terminal at Geneva airport Saturday, demanding a halt to the “absurd” mode of luxury transport.
Around 100 people took part, organised by pressure group Extinction Rebellion, large groups sitting in front of three entrances to block access to the building for several hours.
Extinction Rebellion describes itself as an international movement using non-violent civil disobedience “to achieve radical change in order to minimise the risk of human extinction and ecological collapse”.
As musicians played, protesters wearing armbands with the Extinction Rebellion logo sang songs and danced around with white, cloud-shaped placards and banners with slogans like “Be part of the solution, not pollution”.
“We are facing a total climate emergency,” Extinction Rebellion spokesman Micael Metry told AFP. “Private jets emit 20 times more CO² per passenger than normal aeroplanes,” he said.
