Greenpeace activists stage ‘die in’ outside US Embassy in New Delhi

A Greenpeace activist is taken away by police outside the US Embassy

New Delhi, 17th December 2009 – On the eve of President Barack Obama’s arrival in Copenhagen, Greenpeace activists today staged a protest outside the US Embassy in the Indian Capital. “Obama it’s about survival” read the banner, held by 2 while 5 activists staged a “die-in”. The message on the white sheets that covered the “bodies” said “ACT NOW”.

“Obama must break the stalemate at the Copenhagen summit. It falls upon the leader of the United States to show that he is not going to hide behind the developing world, but be the leader that we trust he is”, said Vinuta Gopal, Climate & Energy campaigner, Greenpeace India. “We are here to remind him that his action or lack of it, in coming day, is going to determine the very survival of people on the planet”, she added.

“For the President to be a true Nobel Peace Laureate, he must commit to long term finance and targets that are based on science of climate change. Only this would reverse the United States’ blocking role in the climate negotiations to secure a fair, ambitious and binding deal for the climate this December” asserted Ms Gopal.

Activists from the Climate Satyagraha Camp in New Delhi continued to organize mobile “Green Booths”, so people could “Call to Save the Planet”.

Meanwhile, Greenpeace International Executive Director wrote an open letter to President Barak Obama.