Greenpeace activists spray painted an Air France plane in a protest coinciding with President Emmanuel Macron’s new climate change bill.
The group made its way on to a runway at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris on Friday and daubed green paint on a parked Boeing 777.
Two protesters used a spray gun and a roller to paint the jet, while others used a ladder to climb on top of the plane, which had no passengers on board.
They unfurled banners that read ‘Climate Law: It does not fly high’, ‘Is there a pilot to save the climate?’ and ‘The solution: fewer planes’.
Greenpeace said the protest was in opposition to Mr Macron’s new climate change bill, widely seen as a means to burnish his environmental credentials ahead of the 2022 elections.
However, the group said the bill was “greenwashing” and not a far-reaching response to climate change.
The bill, under consideration by MPs, seeks to abolish short flights, ban the advertising of fossil fuels and take the most-polluting vehicles off the roads by 2030, among other measures.
However, the government's own independent climate watchdog said the measures would have a "limited impact" on reducing emissions.
Greenpeace said the bill still allows for airport extensions, more than a dozen of which it claims are planned.
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Why it pays to compare
A comparison of sending Dh20,000 from the UAE using two different routes at the same time - the first direct from a UAE bank to a bank in Germany, and the second from the same UAE bank via an online platform to Germany - found key differences in cost and speed. The transfers were both initiated on January 30.
Route 1: bank transfer
The UAE bank charged Dh152.25 for the Dh20,000 transfer. On top of that, their exchange rate margin added a difference of around Dh415, compared with the mid-market rate.
Total cost: Dh567.25 - around 2.9 per cent of the total amount
Total received: €4,670.30
Route 2: online platform
The UAE bank’s charge for sending Dh20,000 to a UK dirham-denominated account was Dh2.10. The exchange rate margin cost was Dh60, plus a Dh12 fee.
Total cost: Dh74.10, around 0.4 per cent of the transaction
Total received: €4,756
The UAE bank transfer was far quicker – around two to three working days, while the online platform took around four to five days, but was considerably cheaper. In the online platform transfer, the funds were also exposed to currency risk during the period it took for them to arrive.
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Starring: Akshay Kumar, Radhika Madan, Paresh Rawal
Rating: 2/5
Dubai Bling season three
Cast: Loujain Adada, Zeina Khoury, Farhana Bodi, Ebraheem Al Samadi, Mona Kattan, and couples Safa & Fahad Siddiqui and DJ Bliss & Danya Mohammed
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The biog
Name: Samar Frost
Born: Abu Dhabi
Hobbies: Singing, music and socialising with friends
Favourite singer: Adele
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