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Thousands march for climate justice in Durban
Saturday December 03, 2011 07:59:06 PM,
Richa Sharma, IANS
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Durban:
Thousands of people, including members of civil society groups,
Saturday marched to the venue of the UN climate change talks here
demanding quick action from world leaders to save the planet.
Civil society groups have dubbed Saturday as the 'global day of
action' at the Conference of the Parties (COP17) being held in
this port city from Nov 20 to Dec 9.
Dressed in colourful costumes and carrying giant balloons and
placards with slogans like 'Listen to the people not polluters'
and 'Save the planet', the protesters marched from Botha's Garden
to the International Convention Centre (ICC).
The participants included special needs groups, children and
women. Many religious organisations joined the march at Speakers'
Corner.
Global Day of Action committee convenor Desmond D'sa said: "World
leaders are discussing the fate of our planet but they are far
from reaching a solution to climate change."
"If they fail to make progress we will see droughts and hunger
blight our country and continent even further. We remind our
leaders they must come to a fair climate change deal that avoids
runaway climate change," he said.
They handed over their demands and statements to United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive
Secretary Christiana Figueres at the ICC.
Nothing substantial has come out of the first week of negotiations
but with several heads of states and ministers participating in
the second week starting Monday, progress on certain issues is
expected.
(Richa Sharma can be reached at richa.s@ians.in)
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