Climate activists vow not to be silenced by Paris march ban


  • World
  • Thursday, 19 Nov 2015

BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Climate change activists expressed disappointment at a decision by France to cancel street demonstrations around upcoming U.N. climate talks, after bloody attacks in Paris, but vowed their calls for a strong new deal to curb global warming would still be heard.

On Wednesday evening, the French government said security concerns meant it could not allow a huge march to take place on Nov. 29, the day before the talks start, or other actions planned for Dec. 12, at the end of the two-week negotiations.

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