Saturday 12 December 2009: Climate activists made protests against the politicians slow developments at the COP15 Climate Meeting in Copenhagen

The politicians and other delegates at official UN Climate Meeting are making slow progress, whereas several parallel meetings in Copenhagen, Denmark held by NGOs and climate activists are faster to agree. They demand immediate actions to stop the global climate changes.

During the climate meeting almost 40,000 protesters participated in a large demonstration in Copenhagen. The demonstrators gathered in front of Christiansborg, the Danish Parliament to march against the Bella Conference Center where the climate conference is held. The march went on for almost three hours and was a peaceful demonstration. However, the Copenhagen Police arrested close to 1,000 persons because the police suspected them to have made plans of organized violence.

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