Protesters demand climate action from G7 leaders

(26 Jun 2022)
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen - 26 June 2022
1. Activists dressed as Olaf Scholz, Joe Biden and Boris Johnson dressed in traditional Bavarian folk costumes and roasting planet Earth on a grill
2. Beer keg in hand, pan up to Scholz and Biden
3. Johnson roasting planet earth on a grill
4. Close up of flames
5. Various of activists dressed as the G7 leaders in town square with a sign saying "Stop Burning our Planet"
6. Set up of Charlotte Becker, director of advocacy and campaigns, OXFAM
7. SOUNDBITE (German) Charlotte Becker, director of advocacy and campaigns, OXFAM:
"Here in Elmau the heads of the biggest industrial nations meet. And we are expecting a clear signal, that they are going to fulfill their commitments of the Paris Agreement and make clear improvements when it comes to climate protection. We expect, that they will implement a plan of action against hunger and poverty as well as an excess profit tax and debt forgiveness. Whether that is going to happen is a question of political will. We have heard warm words way too often instead of real concrete actions. The G7 really must commit to real action now."
8. Activists with sign reading "stop burning our planet"
9. Activist wearing head of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida with beer keg, pan right to Justin Trudeau and Mario Draghi
10. SOUNDBITE (German) Charlotte Becker, director of advocacy and campaigns, OXFAM:
"An excess profit tax on the profits earned during the Corona pandemic by the biggest companies of the G7 would generate at least 430 billion dollars. That would be enough money to fight poverty and hunger in the whole world. This is a question of political will whether such a tax gets implemented or not."
11. Various of activists dressed as politicians on town square
STORYLINE:
Activists dressed as leaders of the Group of Seven countries have staged a protest in a town square in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, near the G-7 summit venue.
Wearing traditional Bavarian garb and oversized heads resembling those of U.S. President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other leaders, the activists pretended to ‘roast’ a planet Earth over a grill Sunday as the summit began.
“We are expecting a clear signal that they are going to fulfill their commitments of the Paris agreement and make clear improvements when it comes to climate protection,” said Charlotte Becker of the campaign group Oxfam.
The NGO also demands a tax on excess profits earned during the coronavirus pandemic that it says would generate hundreds of billions of dollars. The money should be used to fight poverty and hunger worldwide, it said.
Police have deployed thousands of officers around the summit venue in the Bavarian village of Elmau, in nearby Garmisch-Partenkirchen and in Munich.
The Oxfam "big heads" are a recurring sight during G7 meetings, where activists wearing the oversized heads of the G7 leaders stage various protests.
AP video shot by Philipp Jenne
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