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50,000 in Climate Change Protest + Climate Camp Occupies Trafalgar Square

imc london | 04.12.2009 09:46 | COP15 Climate Summit 2009 | Climate Chaos

Around 50,000 people took part in 'The Wave' demonstration in London on Saturday 5th December [ photos: 1 | 2 | 3 ] ahead of the Cop15 Climate conference - see Indymedia London Feature reports.

Following the Wave events and demonstration the London Climate Camp invited people to the COP Out Camp Out action - which took over Trafalgar Square, setting up a camp for an intended 48hrs to highlight the issues around the Cop15 mobilisation, summed up in the phrase "System Change not Climate Change. See Climate Camp Feature reports.

For coverage see Indymedia London Timeline
See also Liveblog archive | Twitter Tag search | Twitters: climatecampldn | copoutcampout

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See: The Wave Demonstration | Bike Ride | Climate Emergency | Climate Camp Action
Also see: Indymedia London | Imc uk Cop15 Section
For Cop 15 coverage see: Indymedia Denmark | Climate IMC

View of part of de demo marching down Whitehall
View of part of de demo marching down Whitehall


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Additions

UPDATES: Sunday 6th + Monday 7th

07.12.2009 13:45


Sunday 6th: Climate Camp Protestors in Protest at City Airport
 http://london.indymedia.org/articles/3278

Monday 7th: Protestors blockade European Climate Exchange as COP15 Starts
 http://london.indymedia.org/articles/3279

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  1. Save Polar Bears from the meat eating tropics — Saharan Eskimo
  2. the co-op — questionmark
  3. "I strongly support the Wave demonstration" — Gordon Brown
  4. Pics from brussels wave — pix
  5. A few observations — from me
  6. Co-op cop in — Mild natured
  7. @ class struggle anarchists everywhere — working-class former climate camper