Greenpeace Unveils Plastic-Spilling Trojan Horse in Antalya
A six-metre installation created with Danish artist Thomas Dambo was unveiled in Antalya during the COP31 climate summit.
Updated on Nov. 13, 2026 in Fine Art
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Greenpeace International unveiled a six-metre Trojan Horse installation overflowing with plastic waste outside Konyaaltı's municipal offices in Antalya. The display was revealed during the COP31 climate summit.
Why it matters
The installation is designed to highlight the environmental cost of plastics and to press global policymakers at COP31 to curb plastic production and tighten waste management. It also targets the fossil-fuel companies driving plastic production.
The installation stands six metres tall, a scale measurement reported for the display. No comparative or baseline figures were provided, and the campaign's effect on summit negotiations remains unknown.
The players
Greenpeace International
Greenpeace International is the global environmental campaign organisation behind the Trojan Horse installation and its plastics-focused protest.
Thomas Dambo
Thomas Dambo is a Danish artist known for large-scale wooden sculptures, who created the installation with Greenpeace.
The details
The wooden horse structure, created with Danish artist Thomas Dambo, has mounds of plastic refuse cascading from it. Greenpeace demonstrators with banners surrounded the installation, and local sanitation teams cleared rubbish from a neighbouring stretch of coast.
Timeline
• The installation was unveiled on 13 November 2026 during COP31 in Antalya.
Big Picture
Staged at the COP31 climate summit in Antalya, the installation places plastic production alongside the broader climate negotiations rather than treating it as a separate waste issue. It uses the summit's global attention to press plastics onto the same agenda as emissions policy.
The display brings plastic pollution into public view at a major climate summit, making the scale of plastic waste visible to international audiences following COP31 negotiations. Readers following climate policy may see whether plastics production enters the summit's formal outcomes.
The takeaway
Public art can make abstract environmental costs tangible, turning a policy debate about plastics into something visible on the street. Readers interested in the issue can follow how COP31 negotiations address plastic production.
Further reading
Explore more Fine Art coverage to see how artists are using installations to address climate and environmental issues.
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