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<\/p>\nAlmost 4000 marchers, along with several hundred cyclists, demonstrated in London on Saturday 6 December, marching from Grosvenor Square along Piccadilly, past Trafalgar Square and up Whitehall to a rally at Parliament Square. It was a colourful event, with many in costumes and most carried placards or banners to send a clear message to the UK government that urgent action is needed to secure a future for the planet.<\/p>\n
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Posters reflected the four major themes – no to coal-fired power stations,<\/em> no to airport expansion<\/em>, no to agro-fuels<\/em> and a big yes to a renewable energy revolution and green jobs<\/em> – as well as numerous related issues.\u00a0 Campaigners from many groups around the country\u00a0 – such as those opposed to the building of a third runway through homes to the north of Heathrow – made their views felt.<\/p>\n The march, organised by the Campaign Against Climate Change<\/a>, was timed to coincide with the UN Climate Talks<\/em> in Poznan, Poland, and was part of a Global Day of Action<\/em> with events in 70 countries around the world. There was a large police presence, with more Forward Intelligence Teams than I’ve seen at a single event before, but despite\u00a0 a few provocative actions – including what seemed some arbitrary “stop and searches” and photographing a working photographer in defiance of the guidelines – the event remained peaceful and good-natured.<\/p>\n Environmental direct action continued on Monday morning, when around 50 activists from Plane Stupid<\/em> cut through the fence at London Stanstead Airport<\/em> and staged a lock-on. It was around 5 hours before police were able to remove them and the airport could be re-opened. Very many more such actions – but on a larger scale – are expected should the government reject environmental advice and press ahead with plans to build a new third runway at London Heathrow<\/em>.<\/p>\n More pictures and more about the Climate Change March on My London Diary<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Almost 4000 marchers, along with several hundred cyclists, demonstrated in London on Saturday 6 December, marching from Grosvenor Square along Piccadilly, past Trafalgar Square and up Whitehall to a rally at Parliament Square. It was a colourful event, with many in costumes and most carried placards or banners to send a clear message to the … Continue reading London National Climate Change March<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-own-work","category-political-issues"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Phil](\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2008\/12\/06\/20081206-d0722.jpg\" "\\"Phil")
\nPhil Thornhill, National Coordinator of the Campaign Against Climate Change<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n![\"Tasmin](\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2008\/12\/06\/20081206-d0658.jpg\" "\\"Tasmin")
\nTasmin Osmond brought the Suffragette Banner from the ‘Climate Rush’ in October.<\/em><\/p>\n