Photo: The AgeMillions of people in around 50 countries have marched this weekend to demand a strong, fair and binding deal at the Copenhagen climate talks.
Around 100,000 protested in Copenhagen itself, while Melbourne had the biggest rally in Australia with police estimates putting the crowd at a massive 40,000 people. The Walk Against Warming, which took place in every Australian capital and many regional centres, showed once again that many Australians are deeply worried about what the climate crisis means for them and their children, and that they are prepared to take to the streets to express this.
Meanwhile the Copenhagen negotiations continue to stall, as the rich countries refuse to accept deep emissions cuts (without being able to buy dodgy offsets to buy their way out of it), and the economically poor countries continue to hold out by refusing to take on binding emissions reduction targets.
Photo: TakverFor ABC news coverage of the Walk click here.
For more photos click here and/or here.
Kevin Rudd takes a bath in "clean coal" Photo: Peter CampbellSee the video below of Leah, Tuvalu-born Australian speaking at the Walk:
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