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href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/11/442160.html"
target="_blank">Cop15 Climate Conference: System Change, Not Climate
Change</a>
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<div>Infos in German @ ADGH YOUTH :<a>
http://adghyouth.wordpress.com/un-konferenz-kopenhagen-alle-infos/ </a><br>
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The <a href="http://en.cop15.dk/" target="_blank">UN Cop15 Climate
Conference</a>
is due to take place in Copenhagen from 7th-14th December. Billed as
the last chance to save our future, is it any wonder that people are
getting angry? Recently the <a href="http://www.350.org/"
target="_blank">350.org campaign</a>
clearly represented people's desire to dramatically reduce emissions
across the world, yet we've seen such mass displays of political
expression before, such as the global anti-war demonstrations in 2003
which seemed to have little impact upon Governments. But it's not just
about emissions. Those in the global south who have contributed least
to the problem are now facing the effects. Increasingly climate
campaigners are saying that we <a
href="http://indymedia.dk/articles/1331" target="_blank">cannot trust
the market</a> with our future and that we must not rely upon '<a
href="http://www.klimakollektivet.dk/resources/" target="_blank">false
solutions</a>'.<br>
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As the world watches Copenhagen, thousands of people will participate
in <a href="http://www.12dec09.dk/" target="_blank">protest marches</a>,
<a
href="http://www.climate-justice-action.org/mobilization/action-calendar/"
target="_blank">direct action</a> and <a
href="http://www.klimaforum09.org/?lang=en" target="_blank">alternative
forums</a>.
In Denmark new repressive laws have been proposed [update: now passed]
to discourage protests including extending preventitative detention
from 6hrs to 12hrs, significantly increasing fines for public order
offences under Danish law, and increasing the penalty for not
dispersing when ordered to do so by police [see <a
href="http://www.indymedia.dk/articles/1306" target="_blank">1</a> | <a
href="http://www.indymedia.dk/articles/1319" target="_blank">2</a>].
Meanwhile in a clear display of political policing, four uk activists
on their way to an organising meeting in Copenhagen were <a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/10/439885.html"
target="_blank">detained and questioned</a> under Schedule 7 of the
Terrorism Act 2000 [<a
href="http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/11/climate-activists-terrorism"
target="_blank">2</a> | <a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/14/climate-change-activist-held"
target="_blank">3</a>].<br>
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Despite this hundreds of people from the uk will head to Copenhagen to
participate in the protests, actions and the <a
href="http://www.klimaforum09.org/?lang=en" target="_blank">Klimaforum</a>.
The uk <a href="http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/" target="_blank">Climate
Camp</a> is organising <a
href="http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/actions/copenhagen-2009/coaches"
target="_blank">coach transport</a> and has joined the <a
href="http://www.climate-justice-action.org/" target="_blank">Climate
Justice Action</a> network which is co-ordinating some of the protests,
in particular the <a
href="http://www.climate-justice-action.org/mobilization/reclaim-power-pushing-for-climate-justice/"
target="_blank">Reclaim Power!</a>
action on 16th December, which aims to push into the conference area
and hold a "People’s Summit for Climate Justice". They are supported by
a wide range of groups, including members of Climate Justice Now, a
network formed in Bali during Cop13 and including many groups and
networks from the global south, such as <a
href="http://www.indymedia.dk/articles/1329" target="_blank">Via
Campesina</a>. Other planned actions focus on <a
href="http://www.climate-justice-action.org/mobilization/agriculture-action-day/"
target="_blank">food sovereignty</a>, <a
href="http://info.interactivist.net/node/13135" target="_blank">migration</a>,
<a href="http://notyourbusiness.hacklab.dk/" target="_blank">corporations</a>
and '<a href="http://htp.noblogs.org/" target="_blank">business as usual</a>'.<br>
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In the countdown toward Cop15, there has been an upswing in <a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/topics/climate/" target="_blank">direct
action around climate change</a>. On September 12th hundreds of people
protested and took <a
href="http://indymedia.org.au/2009/09/09/switch-off-hazelwood-coverage"
target="_blank">direct action</a> at <a
href="http://www.switchoffhazelwood.org/" target="_blank">Hazelwood
coal power station</a> in Victoria, <a
href="http://climateimc.org/en/original-news/2009/11/23/australia-climate-civil-disobedience-rise"
target="_blank">Australia</a> [<a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AunlJIEDvPw" target="_blank">utube
video</a>].
On 26th September, hundreds of protestors in Denmark took direct
action, breaching the fences at Amagerværket coal-fired power station
(owned by <a href="http://www.climategreenwash.org/vattenfall"
target="_blank">Vattenfall</a>) in an action called "<a
href="http://www.shutitdown.dk/" target="_blank">Shut It Down</a>"
[reports <a href="http://modkraft.dk/spip.php?article11550"
target="_blank">1</a> | <a
href="http://www.globalproject.info/it/in_movimento/Copenhagen-Stop-talking-Shut-it-down/2065"
target="_blank">2</a> | <a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHwuJFvphjA" target="_blank">video</a>].
In the uk on 17th October around one thousand people protested at <a
href="http://notts.indymedia.org.uk/articles/59" target="_blank">Eon's
Ratcliffe-on-Soar</a> coal power station, repeatedly breaching fences [<a
href="http://climatecamp.org.uk/actions/climate-swoop-2009/photography"
target="_blank">pics</a>]. On 26th October, activists in the uk <a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/10/440632.html"
target="_blank">occupied</a> parts of Npower’s Didcot power station, <a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/10/440639.html"
target="_blank">blockaded an access road</a> at <a
href="http://coalactionscotland.noflag.org.uk/?page_id=415"
target="_blank">Mainshill Wood</a> where Scottish Coal plans a new
coal mine, and <a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/10/440635.html?c=on#comments"
target="_blank">climbed onto machinery</a> at Shipley opencast coal
mine <a href="http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/node/23282"
target="_blank">stopping work</a> [<a
href="http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/blog/2009/10/30/26-10-09-a-day-to-remember-in-the-fight-against-coal"
target="_blank">collected reports</a>]. <span>On October 28th
activists from the</span> <span>action group Climate Alarm!</span> <span><a
href="http://www.climate-justice-action.org/news/2009/10/28/breaking-news-from-european-quarter-in-brussels-our-climate-not-your-business/"
target="_blank">blockaded the entrance</a> to the <a
href="http://www.businesseurope.eu/" target="_blank">Business Europe</a>
Copenhagen conference in Brussels</span> [video <a
href="http://blip.tv/file/2780344" target="_blank">1</a> | <a
href="http://blip.tv/file/2779486" target="_blank">2</a> | <a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFJ0vQ1nynA" target="_blank">3</a>
| <a href="http://www.cemab.be/news/2009/10/7781.php" target="_blank">pics</a>].
At the start of November in Barcelona at the last preparatory session
before Copenhagen, protestors marched, blocked roads and blockaded
entrances to the meeting, whilst inside delegates from the African bloc
staged a walk-out of the discussions [reports <a
href="http://www.indymedia.org/en/2009/11/930855.shtml" target="_blank">1</a>
| <a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/11/441300.html?c=on#comments"
target="_blank">2</a> | <a
href="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/94647" target="_blank">3</a> | <a
href="http://www.climateimc.org/en/original-news/2009/11/04/barcelona-climate-change-talks-main-entrance-shut-down-activists-while"
target="_blank">4</a> ]. Whilst on 23rd November in Australia around
two hundred protestors <a
href="http://indymedia.org.au/2009/11/23/climate-civil-disobedience-action-in-canberra-for-40-carbon-reduction-target"
target="_blank">blockaded Parliament House</a> in Canberra.<br>
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Ahead of Cop15, demonstrations are scheduled in Geneva alongside the
WTO, and on November 30th the <a
href="http://www.actforclimatejustice.org/" target="_blank">Mobilization
for Climate Justice</a> has called for a global day of action
coinciding with the 10 year anniversary of the famous <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_1999_protest_activity"
target="_blank">Seattle WTO protests</a>. Linking the WTO to the Cop15
mobilisation is the <a href="http://www.climatecaravan.org/?q=call"
target="_blank">Social & Climate Justice Caravan</a>, with <a
href="http://www.climatecaravan.org/?q=node/9" target="_blank">60
representatives</a>
from global movements from the South travelling two routes from Geneva
to Copenhagen, arriving 9th December. In London, a large pre-Cop15
protest march called "<a href="http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/the-wave"
target="_blank">The Wave</a>"
is planned by a coalition of NGOs on December 5th, meeting at the US
Embassy before marching off at 1pm to encircle Parliament. Earlier
there is a <a href="http://www.campaigncc.org/bikeride2009"
target="_blank">Climate Bike Ride</a> meeting at 10am at Lincoln's Inn
Fields, and a <a href="http://www.campaigncc.org/climatemarch2009"
target="_blank">Climate Emergency Rally</a> at Speakers Corner, Hyde
Park at midday. <b>Update: An action has also been announced by
Climate Camp in London: <a
href="http://climatecamp.org.uk/actions/copenhagen-2009/cop15-out"
target="_blank">COP OUT Camp Out</a>, to take place after the Wave
demonstration.</b> <br>
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<b>Listings of Events + Protests:</b> <a
href="http://www.indymedia.dk/articles/1309" target="_blank">1</a>|<a
href="http://www.climate-justice-action.org/mobilization/action-calendar/"
target="_blank">2</a>|<a
href="http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/actions/copenhagen-2009/key-dates"
target="_blank">3</a><br>
<a href="http://www.indymedia.dk/articles/1327" target="_blank">Latest
Logistics (accomodation etc)</a> | <a
href="http://www.blackcross.dk/bustcards/la_english.asp"
target="_blank">Legal Advice</a> / <a
href="http://www.climate-justice-action.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Your_legal_rights_in_Denmark.pdf"
target="_blank">pdf</a> | <a href="http://cop15firstaid.ucrony.net/"
target="_blank">Medics and Trauma Support</a> | <a
href="http://maps.google.dk/maps/ms?hl=da&ie=UTF8&msa=0&ll=55.678746,12.589989&spn=0.08769,0.307274&z=12&msid=110184864820337772851.0004721cd3e3063d58abf"
target="_blank">Google Map</a> <br>
<a href="http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/actions/copenhagen-2009/coaches"
target="_blank">Climate Camp UK Coaches (11th-19th Dec)</a> - <a
href="http://www.festivalcoaches.co.uk/festival_details.asp?FestivalID=68"
target="_blank">(Booking deadline 25th Nov)</a> | <a
href="http://www.climate-justice-action.org/practical-info/get-to-copenhagen/"
target="_blank">Other Coaches from European Countries</a><br>
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<b>See coverage at:</b> <a href="http://indymedia.dk/" target="_blank">Indymedia
DK</a> | <a href="http://climateimc.org/" target="_blank">Climate IMC</a>
| <a href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2009/cop15/"
target="_blank">Imcuk Cop15 Section</a> | <a>ADGH YOUTH</a><br>
<b>Recent: <a href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/11/442125.html"
target="_blank">Bolivian COP-15 Delegate's Call Video</a> | <a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/11/442137.html"
target="_blank">300-350 Show: Civil disobedience for climate justice +
legal issues</a></b> <br>
See also:<a
href="http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/actions/copenhagen-2009/why_climate_change.pdf"
target="_blank">Why Climate Change is Not an Environmental Issue (pdf)</a>
| <a href="http://very.org.uk/dealornodeal/dond.pdf" target="_blank">Deal
or No Deal Newspaper (pdf)</a> | <a
href="http://www.350reasons.org/350reasons_readonline.pdf"
target="_blank">350 Reasons Why Carbon Trading Won't Work (pdf)</a>
| <a href="http://www.cartoonkate.co.uk/pdf/CarbonSupermarket.pdf"
target="_blank">Carbon Supermarket Comic by Kate Evans</a> | <a
href="http://www.klimakollektivet.dk/resources/" target="_blank">More
Background</a> <br>
<p><b>Related Categories </b> | <a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/topics/climate/"
title="Reporting on Climate Chaos and related actions." target="_blank">Climate
Chaos</a> </p>
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