Description
Added on the 05/05/2019 11:39:11 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
On the eve of the G7 summit in Biarritz, activits remove a portrait of French President Macron from a wall in a city hall, near a police station. They protest against the lack "concrete actions" by Macron on the climate front. IMAGES
Surfers gather in Guethary to raise awareness for the planet and its oceans ahead of the G7 Summit in neighbouring Biarritz. Hundreds of surfers joined the "Paddle for your Planet" demonstration, lining up to form a chain stretching across the horizon, Biarritz in the background. IMAGES
Environment and climate ministers from the G7 - US, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Japan and Italy - pose for a group photo in the Palace of Venaria near Turin, where the Group of Seven industrialised nations are meeting for two days of talks on the climate. The meeting in the northern Italian city is the first big political session since the world pledged at the UN's COP28 climate summit in December to transition away from coal, oil and gas. IMAGES
French president Emmanuel Macron is welcomed by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as he arrives at COP28 in Dubai. IMAGES
Greenpeace activists gather and inflate a giant octopus near the Eiffel Tower to protest against the presence of Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store at the international One Planet - Polar Summit, an international summit dedicated to glaciers and the poles. Norway is considering opening up its waters to deep-sea mining. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).