Copenhagen climate change conference in pictures: Day five
Women acting as "Lobbyists for Profitable Climate Change" offer food to passersby as they cross the road during an impromptu demonstration with wine and canapes in Radhuspladsen in Copenhagen December 11, 2009. The tongue-in-cheek protest encouraged business leaders to explore and share their vision, a prosperous society in which corporations can continue exploiting natural resources, and do little on climate change.Photograph: Adrian Dennis/guardian.co.ukUS climate envoy Todd Stern addresses the media during the the first week of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 on December 11, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark.Photograph: Miguel Villagran/guardian.co.ukA bicycle is seen parked on a busy shopping street in Copenhagen on December 11, 2009. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/guardian.co.uk
An activist of the 'Our Climate - Not Your Business' rests next to police men during a demonstration on December 11, 2009, in Copenhagen on the fifth day of COP15, the UN Climate Change Conference. The statement behind the action of this newly established action-group, linked to the international organization 'Climate Justice Action' is that "corporate lobbyists have no role to play in deciding how to deal with the climate crisis .Photograph: Bax Lindhardt/guardian.co.ukDemonstrators attend a protest march in central Copenhagen December 11, 2009. Photograph: Christian Charisius/guardian.co.ukA demonstrator sprays the slogan 'Anticapitalism' on a billboard during a protest march in central Copenhagen December 11, 2009. Photograph: Christian Charisius/guardian.co.ukA delegate from Kiribati, right, an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean, attends a plenary session at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, December 11, 2009. Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/guardian.co.ukDelegates talk to each other prior to a plenary session at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen. Negotiators are working in Brussels and Copenhagen to come up with more climate change money for poor countries amid talks on a historic deal to control the world's greenhouse gases.Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/guardian.co.ukAs a favor to the Copenhagen Council and Lord Mayor, Ritt Bjerregaard who is hosting the UN Climate Change Conference, COP15, the City of Copenhagen has opened the swimming pool in the port, during the Climate Summit in Denmark, December 11, 2009. Next week the air temperatures will drop below zero in Denmark and the guests at the pool can enjoy water between 3 and 5 degrees celcius.Photograph: Jens Panduro/guardian.co.ukA pedestrian passes a subway entrance as a bicycle, wind turbines and a banner reading "101 solutions" are seen in the center of Copenhagen on December 11, 2009. Photograph: Peter Dejong/guardian.co.uk(L to R) Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Vice Chairman Aqqaluk Lynge, Greenland's Chairman Jimmy Stotts, Alaska, and Executive Council Member Violet Ford are pictured during a press conference on the ICC's concern on the current and potential impacts of climate change on the way of life throughout the Arctic on December 11. 2009 in the International Press Center in Copenhagen.Photograph: Casper Christoffersen/guardian.co.ukEnviromental activists walk on a platform before taking a train to Copenhagen, on December 11, 2009 in Paris gare du Nord train station, to protest against UN Climate Change Conference (UNCCC). Danish authorities are bracing for a massive demonstration tomorow in Copenhagen expected to draw tens of thousands of people on the sidelines of UN climate talks.Photograph: Martin Bureau/guardian.co.ukAn activist from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) stands in a poster outlining climate woes and cures at the UN Climate Change Conference 2009Photograph: Bob Strong/guardian.co.ukClimate Chief Yvo de Boer (L) chats with South Africa's chief climate negotiator Alf Wills prior to a plenary meeting during the first week of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 on December 11, 2009Photograph: Miguel Villagran/guardian.co.ukActress Helen Baxendale (centre) joins activists from Friends of the Earth and Christian Aid as they take the Eurostar train to Copenhagen to call for a strong and fair climate deal at St Pancras station, London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Friday December 11, 2009. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Copenhagen. Photo credit should read: Anthony Devlin/PA WirePhotograph: Anthony Devlin/guardian.co.ukMembers of Denmark's territorial army (reserves) hold a conversation while stationed at Kongens Nytorv square in the center of Copenhagen on December 11, 2009.Photograph: Adrian Dennis/guardian.co.ukBangladeshi scientist Atiq Rahman speaks at a panel discussion on practices of community-based adaptation at the UN Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen December 11, 2009. Photograph: Bob Strong/guardian.co.ukFOSSIL AWARDS DAY 4 2009-12-10 France wins tonight’s Ray of the Day—the second in history—for leadership in fighting the EU’s shameful position on LULUCF (Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry). 1st place - Poland scores first place for actively blocking the proposed unconditional upgrade of the EU's carbon emissions reduction target to 30%. 2nd place - Germany wins second place for failing to clarify that climate finance should be additional to existing aid. 3rd place - New Zealand for his Prime Minister Jhn Key statement : '...If New Zealand were to achieve a target of 10 percent less, that would be a significant milestone.'Photograph: David Wargert/guardian.co.ukAn activist of the environmental group "La Via Campesina" holds a cup with a candle in central Copenhagen December 10, 2009. Photograph: Christian Charisius/guardian.co.ukA globe is placed on a table during the "Klimaforum09" conference in Copenhagen December 10, 2009. Films, plays, exhibitions and talks like yesterday evening on TALK "Towards a Peoples Tribunal on Ecological Debt and Climate Justice" all programme is available at http://www.klimaforum09.org/All-eventsPhotograph: Christian Charisius/guardian.co.ukAn artist sculpts ice statues of Maasai warriors outside the main venue of the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen, December 10, 2009. The Maasai tribes of Kenya are being hit hard by a changing climate and one of the worst droughts in living memory has devastated Maasai's herds of cattle and endangered their livelihoods. Photograph: Peter Dejong/guardian.co.ukBuddy electrical cars seen on display, at the Bella Center, in Copenhagen, December 10, 2009. The vehicles, powered by electricity, hydrogen, methanol, algae derived diesel and hybrid technologies, were lined up with drivers outside the venue for the Climate Conference to offer conference guests and participants a free and clean transportation around Copenhagen. Photograph: Larsen Claus Bjoern/guardian.co.uk
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