About 40,000 turned out for the march, which started in Grosvenor Square, went down Piccadilly to Trafalgar Square and Whitehall and ended up encircling the Houses of Parliament.

More:

http://london.indymedia.org.uk/articles/3260

Friday 11th

12pm

Climate Camp -Trafalgar Square

To mark the beginning of the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen, BLUE KING BROWN released RUSH a song that is aimed directly at all attending the COP15 summit.

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CLIMATE CAMP PRESS RELEASE:

REFUGEE SANTAS VS POLICE AT LONDON CITY AIRPORT

20 Climate activists dressed as Santa Claus were pushed out of London City Airport departures lounge today by police and security guards. Presents of cartoon books about the problems with carbon trading, carbon ration books, and toy trains were left undelivered. These were meant for the passengers on the final flight to …

A few pictures from the Wave demo and getting ready for Climate Camp afterwards.

And will continue to do it

Sucessful ride.

Climate Camp occupies Trafalgar Square to protest against the corporation-friendly 'solutions' to climate change that will be touted at the COP 15 Climate Conference in Copenhagen.



Market solutions (ie scams) such as carbon offset schemes are a dangerous distraction from this 11th hour chance to prevent runaway climate change. The only effective solution is to decarbonise our economies as fast as …

After the Climate Wave demo in central London, the Camp for Climate Action announced by sms the meeting up location for the 'Coup Out Camp Out' action. Following this call, around 200 people gathered from 3pm at Jubilee Gardens in the Southbank waiting for the confirmation of the final loction of the Camp. At around 4pm this arrived via another sms asking people to quickly move towards Trafalgar S…

Camp for Climate Action have done it again! Climate campers took over Trafalgar Square in central London on Sat 5th December in yet another demonstration of bold and creative direct action [see press release]. The Cop Out Camp Out action took place after the Wave demonstration which attracted around 50,000 people. The action comes ahead of the Copenhagen COP15 climate talks taking place next week.

Over 40,000 people took to the streets today for The Wave climate demo in central London in anticipation to the COP15 Climate Summit due to take place in Copenhagen in the next two weeks. Here there a few pics of the demo:

huge march to "send a message to copenhagen". biggest london march in a long while. took nearly two hours to pass one early point. many tens of thousands. everyone went home when they were told, except of course for the climate campers who invaded trafalgar square - see separate story/pics.

Press Release from Camp for Climate Action UK

the climate camp swoop successfully took over trafalgar square from around 4.30 this evening. here are a few pics from the early stages of the camp. the campers initially intend to remain there for 48 hours. at present, police have no immediate plans to remove them.

Ahead of the main Wave demonstration, the Climate emergency bike ride organised by Campaign Against Climate Change started out at 10am from Lincolns Inn, bringing together 200 cyclists, two sound systems, with police in attendance [pics video and report] [twitpic], passing by the BP HQ where speeches were made and ending up at the Climate Emergency Rally in Hyde Park [videos]. Earlier thousands ha…

Organising for the Wave demo in London

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Voter apathy and conviction that politicians are liars who sold out their electorate to the corporate world gained a big boost this month with the news that world leaders who had promised to end the war and tackle climate change were now supporting the war and listening to arguments that climate change is really a paper tiger invente…

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The Indymedia reporting numbers are for informing Indymedia about what is happening around the Wave demonstration and Climate Camp "Cop Out Camp Out" on 5th December to enable an accurate picture of the events to be reported on the Indymedia London website, and to create a timeline of reports (like this one from the taking of …

London - at a secret location to be announced by text message. To find out as soon as the site is taken, please supply your mobile number:

http://climatecamp.org.uk/actions/copenhagen-2009/cop15-out

Speakers Corner, Hyde Park

http://www.campaigncc.org/climatemarch2009

The Climate Camp in London have announced an action to take place after the huge Wave demonstration in London on 5th December ahead of the Cop15 UN Climate Conference.

Details from their website below:

COP15 OUT

They'll cop out so we'll camp out.

On Saturday December 5th 2009, Climate Camp London will be joining the tens of thousands of people descending on London to help put the spotlight on th…

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Haringey Carbon Reduction / Sustainability Fortnight

DECEMBER 5th-18th 2009

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The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December is being called the most important international event in human history - discussing, debating and protesting on the streets about what needs to be done to reduce global carbon em…

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Haringey Carbon Reduction / Sustainability Fortnight

DECEMBER 5th-18th 2009

Two weeks (or more!) of green events throughout Haringey



The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December is being called the most important international event in human history - discussing, debating and protesting on the streets about what needs to be done to reduce global carbon em…

WE ALL LIVE IN CO2PENHAGEN!

Haringey Carbon Reduction / Sustainability Fortnight

DECEMBER 5th-18th 2009

Two weeks (or more!) of green events throughout Haringey



The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December is being called the most important international event in human history - discussing, debating and protesting on the streets about what needs to be done to reduce global carbon em…

WE ALL LIVE IN CO2PENHAGEN!

Haringey Carbon Reduction / Sustainability Fortnight

DECEMBER 5th-18th 2009

Two weeks (or more!) of green events throughout Haringey



The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December is being called the most important international event in human history - discussing, debating and protesting on the streets about what needs to be done to reduce global carbon em…

WE ALL LIVE IN CO2PENHAGEN!

Haringey Carbon Reduction / Sustainability Fortnight

DECEMBER 5th-18th 2009

Two weeks (or more!) of green events throughout Haringey



The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December is being called the most important international event in human history - discussing, debating and protesting on the streets about what needs to be done to reduce global carbon em…