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Rome December 12, 2009.Greenpeace activists wearing masks of Eight world leaders at the Pantheon to send a message to the Copenhagen summit on climat..The UN Climate Change Conference COP15 is taking place in Copenhagen from December 7, to December 20.  Italy, Rome, 12/12/2009

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Greenpeace at the Pantheon for a message to Copenhagen.

Rome December 12, 2009.Greenpeace activists wearing masks of Eight world leaders at the Pantheon to send a message to the Copenhagen summit on climat...

by Stefano Montesi in Italy on 12/12/2009

Approximately 15,000 persons joined the European district to participate in a 'Climate Change Wave' demonstration aimed at reminding the world of the importance of political success at the forthcoming Copenhagen Conference. Brussels, Belgium. 05/12/2009.

Approximately 15,000 persons joined the European district to participate in this symbolic event aimed to remind the world the importance of political success in the Copenhagen Conference.

'We demand a binding agreement that is ambitious. The warming of the Earth must be kept below 2 degrees, which requires a reduction of 40 percent of emissions of greenhouse gas emissions.'
'The plan must also be socially just so we ask at least 100 billion euros for the Third World. With this support, the impact of warming can be trimmed, we can consider a sustainable growth,' said Michel Genet, President of the Climate Coalition, which organized the march.
Among the protesters include several TV personalities and scientific worlds. The Climate Coalition unites more than 70 organizations active in Belgium in the areas of environment, North-South relations, organized labor, etc.

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Wave for climate in Brussels

Approximately 15,000 persons joined the European district to participate in a 'Climate Change Wave' demonstration aimed at reminding the...

by Olivier Vin in Belgium on 05/12/2009

Over a Thousand people formed a' Mili-Band' human chain around The Kingsnorth Power Station in Hoo, Kent on Saturday 4th July 2009,sending a message to Ed Milliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate change, to think carefully ahead of the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit in December. Opposition to new dirty coal power in the UK, is  because of it's contribution to climate change and the  devastating impact that it will have on the developing world. A new Kingsnorth coal plant will emit, annually, as much Co2 carbon emissions as 25 developing nations combined.  Organizations involved in today's protest included Oxfam, the World Development  Movement, People and Planet, The national Federation of Women's Institutes, Christian Aid, Woodcraft Folk, RSPB, The National Union of Students, Avaaz, Greenpeace and the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition.

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Mili-Band Chain, Kingsnorth

Over a Thousand people formed a' Mili-Band' human chain around The Kingsnorth Power Station in Hoo, Kent on Saturday 4th July 2009,sending...

by Kim Conway in United Kingdom on 04/07/2009

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