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November 25, 2015

French Activists Vow to Protest During Paris Climate Talks 
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In the wake of the Paris attacks, French authorities canceled a mass
march against climate change scheduled for this Sunday; 200,000 people
were expected to take to the streets to call for a global deal to avert
climate catastrophe. On Tuesday night, in Paris, hundreds gathered at an
emergency meeting to oppose France's state of emergency, which prohibits
demonstrations for three months. The attendees vowed to protest during
the U.N. climate talks — known as the Conference of the Parties,
or COP. One of the organizers, Christine Poupin, spoke to Democracy
Now!. 
bq. Christine Poupin: "My name is Christine Poupin and I am spokesperson
for the New Anticapitalist Party. The reason for this meeting tonight
was to give a first response to the state of emergency, in particular to
assert our capacity to resist and reflect, a response to the heavy
weight imposed both by terrorism and the state of emergency. Talking
about COP, this COP will have no positive outcome on the climate because
it will make no positive decision to limit the use of fossil fuels, but
worse, it will also promote false solutions that will heavily burden the
people. So yes, there is nothing more urgent than to mobilize during
COP, and even more to construct an international movement of climate
justice."
Tune in Monday as Democracy Now! begins our two weeks of live coverage
from the Paris climate talks.

 

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