{"id":30961,"date":"2015-11-30T16:22:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T05:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=30961"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:54:21","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:54:21","slug":"citizens-of-the-planet-unite-demanding-leaders-save-the-peoplesclimate-now-jansant-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/citizens-of-the-planet-unite-demanding-leaders-save-the-peoplesclimate-now-jansant-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens of the planet unite demanding leaders save the #peoplesclimate: @jansant reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_30969\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30969\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-30969 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/zurichswitzerland.jpg?resize=600%2C398\" alt=\"#PeoplesClimate rally a message of love. Photo: 350.org\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/zurichswitzerland.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/zurichswitzerland.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-30969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#PeoplesClimate rally Zurich, Switzerland sends a message of climate love. Photo: 350.org<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The weekend saw more than 600,000 people take to the streets in 175 countries calling on world leaders to agree on binding emission reductions during the Paris Climate Talks.<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne led the way with 60,000 people attending, followed by London with 50,000, while Sydney&#8217;s crowd was estimated at 45,000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">60000 people have turned out in Melbourne for the first People&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateMarch?src=hash\">#ClimateMarch<\/a> of the weekend. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PeoplesClimate?src=hash\">#PeoplesClimate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3uUy5DCfmX\">pic.twitter.com\/3uUy5DCfmX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greenpeace Aus Pac (@GreenpeaceAustP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenpeaceAustP\/status\/670193630020169728\">November 27, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>In Paris, people defied the state of emergency called after the recent terrorist attack and there were clashes between protesters and police.<\/p>\n<p>In a symbolic gesture (after French authorities banned protests), Pope Francis and Ban Ki Moon joined 10,000 other people who donated shoes that were laid out at Place de la Republique in the French capital.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ClimateGuardia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ClimateGuardia<\/a> have travelled to Paris for the talks, carrying with them the voices of the more than 100,000 who marched across Australia over the weekend.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>&#8220;Climate Guardian Angels&#8221; inbetween shoes in Paris. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cop21?src=hash\">#cop21<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/marchofshoes?src=hash\">#marchofshoes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/climatemar?src=hash\">#climatemar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T6jayorKLe\">pic.twitter.com\/T6jayorKLe<\/a> \u2014 Martin Kaul (@martinkaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/martinkaul\/status\/670911376014114816\">November 29, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pacific Island nations whose very <span data-dobid=\"hdw\">existence<\/span> is under threat from climate change joined the protests with their own social media campaign, #WeThePacific.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Baby boy here will have no home unless the world agrees on 1.5 degrees <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeThePacific?src=hash\">#WeThePacific<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COP21?src=hash\">#COP21<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PacificClimateWarriors?src=hash\">#PacificClimateWarriors<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NowAwqmEK2\">pic.twitter.com\/NowAwqmEK2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cayla Long (@TheCaylaLong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCaylaLong\/status\/669823423921557504\">November 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>In Kathmandu, hundreds of Nepalese gathered to have their voices heard in a truly global people power movement to save our planet from catastrophic climate change.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30970\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30970\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30970\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/kathmandu.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" alt=\"Hundreds gather on the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal, as part of the weekends #peoplesclimate rallies. Photo: 350.org\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/kathmandu.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/kathmandu.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-30970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds gather on the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal as part of the weekends #peoplesclimate rallies. Photo: 350.org<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Children from Philippines sent a message to the the children of Australia asking them to join in the fight against climate change, which is already impacting their lives.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Children from the Philippines wrote their message to australian children <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/peoplesclimate?src=hash\">#peoplesclimate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/planinternational?src=hash\">#planinternational<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aWBad4y303\">pic.twitter.com\/aWBad4y303<\/a> \u2014 Holly Crocket (@HollyCrocket) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HollyCrocket\/status\/670133597081219072\">November 27, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While back in Pasig City, Filipinos formed letters to spell out the plea &#8220;act for our future&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30971\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30971\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-30971\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/23186390832_98c99f79b2_b.jpg?resize=600%2C338\" alt=\"Pasig City, Philippines asks world leaders to &quot;act for our future&quot;. Photo: 350.org\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/23186390832_98c99f79b2_b.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/23186390832_98c99f79b2_b.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/23186390832_98c99f79b2_b.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-30971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filipinos asks world leaders to &#8220;act for our future&#8221;. Photo: 350.org<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Back in France, in another more peaceful show of defiance, thousands of Parisians formed a human chain in place of what was expected to be the largest climate change demonstration ever, until is was banned by authorities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Defying Ban, Protesters Form Human Chain Calling For Climate Action In Paris <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/avaehCxkWT\">https:\/\/t.co\/avaehCxkWT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UniteBlue?src=hash\">#UniteBlue<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UjlIWXHvAZ\">pic.twitter.com\/UjlIWXHvAZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Progressive Mind (@Libertea2012) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Libertea2012\/status\/671176598498881536\">November 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>No Fibs on the ground reporter, John Englart (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/takvera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@takvera<\/a>) produced this video of the human chain protest on the Boulevard Voltaire in Paris.<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bwif7jkwnV8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In groups large and small right across the globe, people took to the streets demanding world leaders take action on climate change. Will they listen?<\/p>\n<p><em>No Fibs<\/em> climate reporter, John Englart (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/takvera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@takvera<\/a>) is reporting live from Paris. View his photo gallery of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/takver\/sets\/72157661823389055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">weekend in Paris<\/a> and read his live reports <a href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/john-englart-takvera-live-reports-from-paris2015-cop21-climate-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weekend saw more than 600,000 people take to the streets in 175 countries calling on world leaders to agree on binding emission reductions during the Paris Climate Talks. 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