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While climate change is proceeding
apace, the international response is far behind real needs. But
people across the planet want their governments to take serious
action to avoid catastrophic climate change. During street actions
across Europe in summer 2005, Friends of the Earth International
invited people to paint and write their messages to governments,
ahead of the UN climate talks in Montreal. More than 6,000 climate
paintings had been collected.
As governments waffled inside at the UN climate negotiations,
thousands of these paintings were displayed in a 50m long and
4m high "Climate Mosaic" just outside the venue of the
UN summit, creating a strong visual mwessage that negotiators
are not able to avoid. MORE
Katie Elliott and Joanna Watson, Climate Campaigners from Friends of the Earth England, sent daily updates direct from Montreal.
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See below for pictures of the Climate Mosaic. Click on images
for high resolution. All images are free to use, if you credit
Friends of the Earth Europe.
The Launch
Members of the Friends of the Earth delegation completing
the wall.
Left: Ahn Jun Kwan from Friends of the Earth South Korea completes
his group's logo on the mosaic
Friends of the Earth climate campaigner Catherine Pearce (right)
handing over a symbolic climate message to Casfie Doyle (left),
Associate Deputy Environment Minister of Canada.
The Mosaic
The Mosaic seen from the UN summit venue
German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel at the Mosaic
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German Environment MinisterSigmar Gabriel visits the wall and
leaves his personal message.
Mr Gabriel finds a photo of his secretary of state among the many
that FoE Germany (BUND) has contributed to the climate mosaic.
Right picture: FoE Germany (BUND) climate campaigner Markus Steigenberger
(r) presents the Climate Mosaic to Mr Gabriel (l).
FoE campaigner Markus Steigenberger and German Environment Minister
Sigmar Gabriel discuss options for a positive outcome of the Montreal
climate talks.
UK Environment Minister Elliot Morley at the Mosaic
And here visits UK Environment Minister Elliot Morely the Climate
Mosaic.
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