Climate activists got dressed up yesterday to stage a protest within the waters of the Moray Firth.

'We’re Drowning in Promises. Now we Demand Action!' is a national campaign ahead of the G7 inter-governmental summit which starts this Friday.

The campaign aims to highlight a perceived gap between what the governments of the world's richest countries are saying about tackling climate change – and what they are actually doing.

Rachel Winter, a member of the Forres branch of Extinction Rebellion, was amothose taking part yesterday.

She said: "We want to draw attention to the fact that the world’s wealthiest nations are still continuing to bail out carbon-intensive industries at the expense of the planet and the poorest citizens of the world.

"These are the people who will suffer disproportionately from the consequences of our failure to tackle the climate crisis."

Leaders of the G7 countries – the UK, US, France, Germany, Canada, Italy and Japan – are due to meet at for a three-day summit in Cornwall, beginning on Friday.

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The campaigners point to research which states that between January 2020 and March 2021, the G7 nations committed $189 billion of public money to support oil, coal and gas.

That's more than the $147 billion they committed to clean forms of energy.

The 'wave' of water-bound protests started yesterday in Moray and will be rolling down both coasts until they reach Cornwall on Thursday.

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