Several climate activists from Renovate Switzerland temporarily blocked the Mont Blanc Bridge in Geneva on Saturday. They called on the government to speed up the thermal renovation of buildings.
The blockade of the road near the bridge at the railway station started at 2pm and ended at around 4pm, according to police. Four activists had glued their hands to the asphalt. Of those who took part in the action, the youngest was 20 and the oldest 77.
Six activists were arrested and taken to the police station. Traffic was disrupted for almost an hour-and-a-half.
Renovate SwitzerlandExternal link, which blocked the same stretch of road six months ago, is calling on the government to immediately allocate CHF4 billion ($4 billion) to retrain 100,000 people in thermal renovation jobs.
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