The climate activist was among protesters disrupting a major annual meeting of industry leaders from Shell, Total, Equinor, Saudi Aramco and other oil giants.
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been detained by police at a climate protest outside a hotel in central London. Images showed the 20-year-old Swedish activist being led away by police officers, before being moved into the back of a marked van. She was in London today at a protest outside a major annual meeting of industry leaders from Shell, Total, Equinor, Saudi Aramco and other oil giants.
Read more:Climate crisis will 'change taste of beer and make it more expensive''World's thermometer' sends back first pictures of Earth's hotspots A white fence surrounded the hotel entrance, keeping protesters out while police smuggled conference attendees through the crowd of chanting activists and a samba band. Ms Thunberg added: 'We cannot let this continue. The elite of the oil and money conference, they have no intention of transition.
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