Climate activists again target Baden-Baden
The Baden-Baden Reinsurance meeting was again targeted by protesters yesterday (Monday October 24) demanding that the industry stop insuring oil, coal and gas projects.
In the early morning yesterday about a dozen activists from groups Extinction Rebellion and Debt4Climate targeted Kongresshaus. Several activists climbed onto the canopy and displayed a banner with the demand “Stop (re)insuring Climate Chaos”.
Other activists glued themselves in front of the entrance doors. Posters were also taped to the glass facade.
The meeting in Baden-Baden has become a focus for such climate groups, with protests a regular occurrence before COVID-19 meant the event was cancelled for two years. In 2019, Greenpeace protestors set fire to a model house outside Kongresshaus and handed out leaflets detailing why they want reinsurers to make these changes.
For the most part, delegates were unaware of the protest; the activists were cleared by the time the majority of delegates arrived for morning meetings. Those who did witness the protest were nonplussed.
