Hundreds of environmental protesters took to the Cornish seaside Saturday morning in a bid to draw the attention of world leaders and the international media outlets that have descended on southwest England for the G7 summit.
Some protesters paddled out to sea, while others sunbathed on the beach wearing masks of leaders' faces.
A crowd of surfers, kayakers and swimmers gathered Saturday on a beach in Falmouth for a mass “paddle out protest” organised by the group Surfers Against Sewage, which is campaigning for more action to protect oceans.
US President Joe Biden and fellow leaders from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies are meeting near the town of St. Ives for talks focusing on the pandemic and climate change.
Earlier, activists from Oxfam assembled on Falmouth beach to protest climate change and put on masks depicting the leaders attending the G7 summit.
Max Lawson, Oxfam's head of policy, said activists want the G7 countries - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the United States - to commit to bigger reductions in carbon emissions and to financing to help poor countries adapt to the impacts of climate change.
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