Six women started to climb the outside of Europe's tallest building in the early hours of Thursday and are attempting to install 'a work of art' at the top. The campaign group confirmed it was behind this stunt.

Six protesters are currently going up the building. They are thought to have climbed to the top of London Bridge station to access the 72-storey skyscraper. The lead climbers are 'free climbing' (scaling the building without assistance) but are fixing safety ropes as they progress.

Greenpeace confirmed that it had chosen The Shard because it harbors the London offices of Shell, which it said was leading controversial drilling in the Arctic.

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