It's Getting Hot in Copenhagen
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Copenhagen today
as part of a global protest to demand governments across the world agree
a binding new global deal to tackle climate change.
The march and rally in the Danish capital, the world's largest ever
protest about global warming, comes at the halfway point of the United
Nations' climate summit in the city.
"Let's dance, sing and be happy, because power is in your hands,"
Nnimmo Bassey, director of Friends of the Earth International told the
crowd, as he kicked off the first part of the march, the Flood, from
Halmtorvet.
Official police estimates put the number of protesters at 25,000, but
organisers said as many as 100,000 had joined the march from central
Copenhagen, waving banners that read "Nature doesn't compromise" and
"Climate Justice Now".
Although most of the march has been peaceful, a small group threw bricks
at police early on. So far there have been 21 arrests, and police are
currrently kettling about 200-300 marchers in Amagerbrogade.
Police spokesman Rasmus Bernt Skovsgaard said: "There was some
cobblestone-throwing and at the same time people were putting on masks.
We decided to go for preventive detentions to give the peaceful
demonstration the possibility to move on."
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