Leaders called to act against climate change

The environmental group pushed a transparent plastic "earth ball" along Phetkasem Road for a little over 1 km, from outside of the Sheraton hotel in Phetchaburi's Cha-am district, where the media centre is located, to the nearby Dusit Thani hotel, where the Asean leaders meet.

 The large ball has with a green pattern of the world map and contains a Greenpeace activist. Two other activists hold a piece of cloth with the message: "Asean, U Turn the Earth".

 Tara Buakamsri, the group's campaign manager for Southeast Asia, said reporters gathering beside the road that the group called for zero deforestation in Asean and for the government leaders to join the efforts to force developed countries to agree to cuts in greenhouse gas emissions at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen in December.

He said the agreements by Asean countries about climate change have still been on the paper and no concrete action has been taken.