Martin Lukacs
12/10/15
The Guardian
As negotiators try to finalize a UN climate pact being hailed as dangerously insufficient, a network of groups will express their outrage and pledge continuing action in the new year with massive civil disobedience at an iconic French site.
Organizers hope to send a message that leaders should not try to claim the agreement is a success - with industrialized countries refusing to commit to a fair share of emissions reductions, putting the world on a path toward a catastrophic 3 degrees of warming.
Backed by 350.org, Attac France and others, the action on Saturday will evoke “red lines” that are the minimal conditions for a just and livable planet and which activists say the world’s richest governments are trampling over.
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