Giant flag for Europe's energy future

Friends of the Earth campaigners from across Europe were in Brussels last week to demand a clean safe energy future.

Spring Summit

At the Spring Summit in Brussels on March 8/9, European Heads of State met to discuss Europe's energy.

On the agenda were targets for

• Energy efficiency
• Renewable energy
• Greenhouse gas emissions

Decisions made at this meeting could lock Europe into decades of dirty power or a cleaner brighter future.

Friends of the Earth action

Friends of the Earth Europe organised an action outside the Council building to show the need to tackle climate change.

image © Nick Davies/Friends of the Earth

300 activists from 15 Friends of the Earth Europe groups travelled from central, eastern, southern and northern Europe to participate in the action.

They created a 12m high European flag with positive and negative energy symbols and sent their message to the heart of the European government.

Representatives from the German delegation delivered a star signed by everyone present on the action to the Council meeting.

As a result of the meeting, EU Leaders agreed to:

• Cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020
• Get 20% of energy from renewable sources by 2020

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