A group of more than 400 Australians bury heads in sand in Sydney, Australia's popular Bondi Beach on Thursday to display their resistance against Australian government's decision not to prioritize climate change in the nation's G2O summit, which will be held on weekend.
The event is tagged as "Bondi Salutes G2O." The Australians bury their heads on the sand as a form of demonstration to call the attention of the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and the rest of the G2O leaders before the scheduled summit.
400 people bury their heads in sand in protest of Australian government's climate policies: https://t.co/06onVE1vyU pic.twitter.com/C7bqXuAthE
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"Obama's on board, Xi Jinping's on board, everyone's on board except one man," Pat Norman, 28, activist called as he led the protest in the Bondi Beach. "Tony Abbott!" the demonstrator yelled back.
The protest is fueled up after the United States and China's agreement to limit carbon emissions has been settled on Wednesday.
On Thursday, Aussies from different walks of life came to the beach to support and raise concerns to the political leaders who were not giving priority to climate change issue. Australians bury heads in sand for two minutes as they dig holes and plunged to the sand.
The protest in Bondi Beach was led by activist, Pat Norman. Australians who bury heads in sand were composed of husbands and wives, couples with their babies, office workers, athletes, students and many other protesters.
TONIGHT! Send a salute to Tony Abbott re his #climate change policies b4 #G20: Bondi 5:15 pm
_350Australia (@350Australia)
"You have your head in the sand on climate change," shouted the organizers from 350.org Australia group, as they point out to Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
The organizers of the protest were reportedly questioning Prime Minister's move to remove climate change as a priority in the G2O Summit which is scheduled on Nov. 15 to 16 in Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia.
The protesters, the Australians bury heads in sand were alarmed as the summit is getting closer and still the issue about climate change remained below the Summit agreement. Prime Minister Abbott regarded climate change issue a "crap" and further claimed that coal is "good for humanity," Reuters reported.
Australia is the sole country that has a different stance on climate change. In July, the decision of the Prime Minister to scrap a two-year-old carbon emission tax won over the Australian Senate. This move showed a favoring side to the Prime Minister's stand.
During PM Abbott's candidacy, he promised economic growth and set aside climate change as a priority. Australia is one of the countries with the highest per capita levels of fossil emissions among highly developed nations.
Australians bury heads in sand in the previous event is a good way to let the whole world know that most of the Aussies didn't agree with PM Abbott's stance over climate change. Australians must join most of the nations that lessen emissions, Eden Tehan of 350.org Australia claimed in a statement.
