The environmental group said that greenpeace activists boarded a tanker off South Korea on Saturday in an action intended to draw attention to calls for a treaty to curb plastic pollution.
Nearly 200 countries are in Busan to negotiate the deal, but with just a day left before the talks end, there is little sign of agreement.
Greenpeace said the tanker Buena Alba, anchored off the Hanwha TotalEnergies complex, was scheduled to pick up propylene used to manufacture plastic.
“The activists boarded the vessel peacefully and met no reaction from the vessel crew,” said Greenpeace spokeswoman Angelica Pago.
“We painted ‘PLASTIC KILLS’ on the side of the vessel and the climbers successfully set up a camp,” she told AFP.
“They intend to stay in order to continue putting pressure on the negotiators to resist fossil fuel and petrochemical industry interference in the talks and to deliver a treaty that firmly cuts plastic production.”
A South Korea’s coast guard spokesman told AFP police had been “deployed on the ship, and we are making warning announcements to facilitate a safe disembarkation”.
AFP
