Monthly Archive for December, 2009

Watch video of Copenhagen banner action

Published on December 21, 2009. 0 Comments

Have a watch of our banner action from the 17th December in Copenhagen’s central square.

The police scrambled a helicopter and brought 20 police and 3 vans down to arrest our two climbers. They were released the following day.

The banner drop was covered as breaking news live on Danish DR channel who were in the square at the time.

The COP15 process is not democratic. Until we have negotiations that are, we will never reach just or sustainable agreements on climate change or any other global issue.

COP15. Fail. Don’t put the future of the planet into state leaders’ hands.

Published on December 20, 2009. 0 Comments

So COP15 was a resounding failure. No surprises there.

After years of preparation it came down to an eleventh hour haggle between the US and China. As expected, national interest trumped any hope(nhagen) of a deal to benefit the planet.

“For the Chinese, this was our sovereignty and our national interest,” said Xie Zhenhua, head of China’s delegation.

We said it’d be the polluters who’d decide and it was. Continue reading ‘COP15. Fail. Don’t put the future of the planet into state leaders’ hands.’

TOP SECRET! Email addresses of top COP15 negotiators revealed.

Published on December 18, 2009. 5 Comments Tags: , , , .

It seems COP15 negotiations are in a deadlock. We have decided to release the emails of the top delegates from six countries, in protest at an elitist and undemocratic conference. Decisions made behind closed doors by powerful nations can only lead to an unjust deal. Continue reading ‘TOP SECRET! Email addresses of top COP15 negotiators revealed.’

Banner Action in Central Copenhagen

Published on December 17, 2009. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

copenhagen bannerToday we dropped a massive banner in central Copenhagen. We dropped it over the corporate “Hopenhagen” greenwash campaign in the town hall square because Hopenhagen is damaging the planet!

What we need is real political power not ‘hope’! We’ve dissected the Hopenhagen campaign before so we wont go on a rant but the best subvertising we’ve seen of it so far was ‘Shopenhagen’. Continue reading ‘Banner Action in Central Copenhagen’

Two Egality members arrested on no charge

Published on December 15, 2009. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Two Egality members were arrested last night during a raid on Christiania while they were participating in a peaceful meeting. They were arrested on no charge under excessive terrorism legislation introduced especially for the COP15 summit.

They were released 7 hours later with no charge.

Jim Button said: “We were held in cages through the night without any explanation. When we asked for a reason, they said that under Danish law they didn’t have to give any.”

Only (real) Democracy Can Save The Planet

Published on December 11, 2009. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Article in openDemocracy:

The only certainty at Copenhagen is failure – either a bad deal or no deal. This is because of the fundamental disconnect between those affected by climate change and those with the power to address it. Unless people have an equal say in the issues that affect them, we will never achieve just or sustainable agreements for global issues. We need democracy. Continue reading ‘Only (real) Democracy Can Save The Planet’

We’re coming to Copenhagen

Published on December 8, 2009. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

We’re going to Copenhagen to protest the lack of democracy in the process.

Read our article in openDemocracy, and flyer.

Come meet us at the KlimaForum on Tuesday 15th December at 7pm when we’re screening World Vote Now, with director Joel Marsden. The film will be followed by a discussion on democracy and climate change. We’ll also be on the streets for the Reclaim Power! action on the 16th. Continue reading ‘We’re coming to Copenhagen’