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See below for a selection of videos from the demonstration that took place on Wednesday 16 December in Copenhagen. As the time for the arrival of the heads of states comes closer, things toughen up both inside the Bella Center and outside, where demonstrations are violently suppressed.

Tuesday 15 December, 6 pm

The police had just raided the Norrebro neighbourhood, on the Bike Block's the preparation site of activities, who were planning to take action this Wednesday as part of “Reclaim Power” day.

The new Danish law that permits to make preventive arrests, seems to work perfectly, on the eve of the action...

Maybe they will be released tomorrow at midday once the action completed...

No need to despair so much !

The restriction of the number of accreditations as we get closer to the arrival of the Heads of States and Governments and the finalisation of a possible agreement, or at least for the next following months, can contribute to the success of the “Reclaim Power” action : many people will be gathering in front of the Bella Center this Wednesday to demand to be heard outside the closed setting of the Union Nations conference !

The Assembly of Social Movements was held on 13 December in the Klimaforum (the alternative forum or people’s climate summit). It brought together more than a thousand people, in a joyful, fraternal and combative atmosphere.

The ATTAC march was situated in the second third of the demonstration of this Saturday 12^th.

For 40 minutes, we marched in the streets of Copenhagen without the least incident to occur; the atmosphere of the march was rather pleasant, fun and imaginative. We were about to approach the first suburbs in the direction of Bella Center where are held UNO Summit negotiations, when the policemen on foot walked through the march perpendicular to the road and blocked passage for the demonstrators. A few seconds later, 5 police vans cut us off the end of the demonstration. We were about a 100 people, mainly from ATTAC and from Bizi, stuck in this tight stretch. Inside the vans, we could hear dogs barking. Glances of surprise, incomprehension and of fear.

PRESS RELEASE OF THE AFRICAN ATTAC NETWORK ON COPENHAGEN COUNCIL

EMERGENCY

LET US SAVE THE PLANET, LET US SAVE AFRICA

No to the commodification of the climate

Another world, social, united and ecological, is possible

Africans still bear in mind the recent floods that have led to the death and displacement of hundreds of thousands of people in several countries of the continent this year. This kind of natural disaster is becoming more and more frequent in Africa which was not the case in the past. Forecasts are not reassuring: climatologists predict virtual climatic catastrophes due to global warming.

Klimaforum09 is the global civil society counterpart of the official UN conference in the Bella Center.

While the UN conference will be a platform for political decision making, Klimaforum09 gathers citizens from all corners of the world to create a socially just and sustainable future.

The idea behind Klimaforum09 is to create an open space, where people, movements and organizations can develop constructive solutions to the climate crisis.

Klimaforum09 is based on the belief that meeting the climate challenge requires more than just new technologies fixes and ‘business as usual’ practices. New ways of thinking, new cultural values, and new ways of organizing society are called for.

Thousands of participants from all continents are expected to take part in Klimaforum09. Special efforts are being made to invite people from regions in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Oceania who will suffer most from climate change.

The klimaforum09 programme offers a wide variety of workshops, debates, exhibitions, and cultural events focusing on climate change from a global perspective.