"The three activists have been taken away from the scene," Greenpeace activist Clara Thompson later said by telephone. Asked how they had got inside the security cordon, Thompson

Climate activists sprayed green paint over Amazon's base in Davos on Monday and disrupted helicopter landings at the start of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. Swiss police swarmed to close down both protests as global business and political leaders descended on the mountain resort on the opening day of the meeting,