GREENPEACE CLIMBERS AT THE HQ OF THE 'HYPO REAL ESTATE BANK', MUNICH - NEWS ACCESS

München, 6.3.2009 Greenpeace activists drape a giant banner from the Hypo Real Estate (HRE) headquarter in Munich calling for more development and climate protection funds.
'Wäre die Welt eine Bank, hättet ihr sie längst gerettet!' ('If the world was a bank, they'd have saved it by now!') reads the yellow banner on the bank's front entrance.
The property lending specialist Hypo Real Estate Holding AG has received EUR102 billion in loan guarantees as financial support from the government.
The banner is hung to call for more financial commitment by the government to international climate protection. Greenpeace proposes that the climate crisis and the economic crisis can be solved together.
Statements: Karsten Smid and Anike Peters, Greenpeace Germany climate experts.

6 Mar, 2009

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