Our Mass Visual Trespass has reached Dublin, lighting up Custom House, home of the Department of the Environment, with your climate messages.
Images of supporters holding placards were projected on to the building called on the Irish Government to ensure a fair deal in Copenhagen. The messages included, 'Cowen, climate change kills', 'Taoiseach it's our future', and 'Make Copenhagen count'.
Trespass No 5
Custom House, Dublin, 04.12.09
Sorley McCaughey, Christian Aid's advocacy and policy officer in Ireland, explained the motivation behind this eye catching protest.
'It is rich industrialised countries in Europe, including Ireland, that are historically responsible for causing climate change. They must now demonstrate a new kind of leadership in dealing with the consequences.
'It is time for a new revolution, a climate revolution. It's vital that a fair and just climate deal is agreed in Copenhagen to come into force when the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol ends in 2012.'
The clock is ticking, and while we wait for the world’s richest countries to agree a deal, 300,000 people are dying every year in poor countries because of climate change.
So we need you more than ever to put pressure where it’s needed and show your support for a fair deal to Brian Cowen and Gordon Brown.
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Why Custom House?
‘The Department of the Environment seemed to be an obvious target for our latest trespass being the home to the Environment Minister John Gormley, as well as an iconic Dublin building,’ McCaughey said.
Christian Aid has previously staged Mass Visual Trespasses on the Houses of Parliament in London, the Ironbridge power station in Shropshire and Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.
‘It gives our supporters a chance to get their message across in the clearest possible terms – that they want our government, Brian Cowen and John Gormley in particular, to step up to the plate at the climate talks next week, and push for a deal that is both safe and fair.’
‘At this crucial time, the more people who get involved, the more our politicians will take notice about the need for a fair deal in Copenhagen.’