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Red lines, condoms & Arc de Triomphe: Climate activists step up protests
2015-12-11 17:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: From storming the Arc de Triomphe in central Paris to handing out condoms to bureaucrats in the suburbs, climate change activists stepped up public stunts on Friday in a last-ditch bid to get negotiators to agree a powerful accord. Two weeks of U.N. talks to forge a global agreement to temper global warming are set to continue into Saturday, a day later than scheduled, as officials from 195 nations seek to resolve stubborn differences over how to cut back fossil fuel use and shift the planet toward...
France Uses Sweeping Powers to Curb Climate Protests, but Clashes Erupt
2015-11-30 02:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The French government is using the sweeping emergency powers it gained after the Paris terrorist attacks to clamp down on any possible disruption to the two-week global climate conference that starts on Monday, limiting public demonstrations, beefing up security and placing two dozen environmental activists under house arrest. The efforts to restrict protests as world leaders arrived to reach an international deal to contain global warming were not entirely successful; 174 people were taken...
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COP21: climate change provokes protests of all shapes and sizes
2015-11-28 16:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Euronews: Ahead of Monday`s (November 30) United Nations climate conference in the French capital, Oxfam set up a 'mocked up` leaders` breakfast. The anti-poverty charity sat down 'big head` avatars of François Hollande, Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi in Parisian café. They were given rather an unusual menu. The specials board, for example, called for "more money for poor people to adapt to climate change" as well as "Stronger emissions reductions." "Unless we succeed in...
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Global protests call for climate change action
2015-11-28 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SBS: Thousands of people have rallied in Brisbane calling for action on climate change, echoing similar protests held across Australia and around the world. It comes ahead of two weeks of talks in Paris where world leaders will try to strike a deal on reducing greenhouse gas emissons. The Peoples Climate March in Brisbane was one of several being held around the world ahead of a United Nations climate summit, which begins in Paris next week. Turnbull urges strong CHOGM climate action Prime Minister...
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Groups Demand French President Lift Ban on Climate Protests and Marches
2015-11-27 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Common Dreams: Ahead of international climate talks which are about to begin in Paris, an international coalition of NGOs, political figures and civil society groups on Thursday demanded French President François Hollande lift the ban on protests and marches despite recent violence. The groups say the French government cannot proclaim a "commitment to democracy and freedom" while simultaneously suspending "democracy and freedom." In a letter addressed to Hollande, which has also taken the form of an online petition...
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