Climate activists attack Louvre Museum pyramid - Marca English
Climate activists attack Louvre Museum pyramid | Marca
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Another climate controversy in France, this time at the pyramid of the Louvre Museum in Paris, on which protesters from Derniere Renovation (Final Renovation) threw balloons filled with paint.
Immediately, the security of the place came to the rescue and began to charge against the activists, arresting 12 of them. The group had already carried out a similar act in June 2022, when a woman tied herself to a net on the Philippe-Chatrier court at the Roland Garros tennis tournament.
As the group says, the world has 516 days left to live, alluding to a prophecy that says that "it is now up to us, ordinary citizens, to enforce the commitments that our government refuses to fulfill. It is up to us to enter into civil resistance."
The activists' request was to create thermal insulation in buildings, something that was brought up for debate this year and may be fulfilled in 2024.
What is Deniere Renovation?
"We are the last generation capable of preventing social collapse," reads the headline on its website. "Despite the absolute emergency, the government has betrayed its promise to implement 'without filter' the measures of the Citizens' Climate Convention (CCC), including the one concerning the energy renovation of buildings in France. It was condemned by its own courts for violating its own laws," they explain.
"Now it is up to us, the ordinary citizens, to enforce the commitments that our government refuses to fulfill. It is up to us to engage in civil resistance," they state.
Since its creation, these have been their most high-profile acts:
- Pouring orange paint on the Louvre pyramid in Paris.
- Blocking traffic on the Levallois bridge in Paris.
- Interrupting a Roland Garros match.
- Neutralizing a stage of the Tour de France.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate economics
Climate change is now a driver of the world’s economy. The impact is profound:
- Catastrophic weather events — hurricanes, floods, droughts, high temperatures — are more frequent and more extreme. The cost can be measured in both the initial damage caused and the longer-term impact on the economy.
- Vulnerable communities are increasing climate-related investments, hardening infrastructure and taking other protective measures.
- Investment in carbon capture and storage technologies is increasingly rapidly.
- Governments are making investments and crafting regulations to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
On top of all of this is the cost of uncertainty. As the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in 2018 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, says, “The assumption that current and future climate conditions will resemble the recent past is no longer valid.”