DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Greenpeace

activists evaded the World Economic Forum's tight security

checks on Tuesday, staging a brief climate change protest

outside the main hall of the annual meeting in Davos.

Dressed up in dark suits and white shirts, three protesters

made it into the Congress Centre and scaled a balcony. Two then

unfurled a large banner saying: "Tax the super-rich. Fund a just

& green future".

Security staff intervened and escorted the protesters away,

shortly before the official opening ceremony and a speech by

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

"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

said: "They had their ways and means, I can't say any more."

The message to business and political leaders attending the

meeting in Switzerland echoed another protest by Greenpeace on

Monday, during which activists blocked the Davos heliport.

Security is tight for the WEF meeting, where one of the main

themes for discussion this week is "safeguarding the planet".

The WEF said on its 2025 programme that it is "crucial for

businesses, governments, and civil society to work together to

find common solutions and take decisive action".

Demonstrators protesting over fossil fuel subsidies had also

on Monday splattered paint green on the shop front where Amazon ( AMZN )

has set up a temporary base on the main street.