Swedish police arrested 17 climate activists after they gained access to Stockholm Bromma Airport premises and spray-painted an aircraft as part of a campaign calling for a ban on private jets.

According to the police, a total of 17 or 18 individuals have been detained in connection with this incident.

The climate activists in a statement claimed responsibility for the act and have stated that it is part of a “global campaign calling for a ban on private jets.”

The defaced flight was being rerouted to the Stockholm Arlanda Airport.

Climate protesters took to the streets in more than 50 countries from September 15 to September 17, in a weekend of demonstrations to demand that governments phase out the burning of fossil fuels heating the planet.

In a year of mounting deaths and economic destruction from record-breaking floods, wildfires, and drought, protesters have planned more than 500 gatherings in 54 countries - from Pakistan and Nigeria to the United States.

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of New York on September 17 holding parades, concerts, and banging drums, as they waved signs that read “Biden End Fossil Fuels”, “Fossil Fuels Kill” and “Declare a Climate Emergency.”

The March to End Fossil Fuels featured such politicians as US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and actors Susan Sarandon, Ethan Hawke, Edward Norton, Kyra Sedgewick, and Kevin Bacon.

In another instance in Germany, climate activists sprayed orange and yellow paint on the columns of Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate to push demands for a stop to the use of fossil fuels by 2030.