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| Climate change summit: Thousands join global protests | Climate change summit: Thousands join global protests |
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| Street protests demanding urgent action on climate change have been taking place around the world, with marches reported in more than 2,000 locations. | Street protests demanding urgent action on climate change have been taking place around the world, with marches reported in more than 2,000 locations. |
| The People's Climate March is campaigning for curbs on carbon emissions, ahead of the UN climate summit in New York next week. | The People's Climate March is campaigning for curbs on carbon emissions, ahead of the UN climate summit in New York next week. |
| Huge demonstrations have been taking place in Australia and Europe. | Huge demonstrations have been taking place in Australia and Europe. |
| In Manhattan, tens of thousands of people are at a march that is also being attended by UN chief Ban Ki-moon. | |
| "This is the planet where our subsequent generations will live," Mr Ban told reporters. "There is no 'Plan B,' because we do not have 'Planet B.'" | |
| The UN Secretary General was accompanied by primatologist Jane Goodall and the French Ecology Minister, Segolene Royal. | |
| Organisers of the Manhattan event said they had attracted 550 busloads of marchers, billing it as the biggest protest on the issue for five years. | Organisers of the Manhattan event said they had attracted 550 busloads of marchers, billing it as the biggest protest on the issue for five years. |
| They said the massive mobilisation was aimed at transforming climate change "from an environmental concern to an 'everybody issue.'" | They said the massive mobilisation was aimed at transforming climate change "from an environmental concern to an 'everybody issue.'" |
| Business leaders, environmentalists and celebrities are expected to join the demonstration. | Business leaders, environmentalists and celebrities are expected to join the demonstration. |
| Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio also took part, having been appointed as a UN representative on climate change last week. | |
| Analysis: Roger Harrabin, BBC Environment analyst | |
| Another protest, another climate conference - will this time be any different? | |
| Well, the marches brought more people on to the streets than ever before, thanks to the organizational power of the social media site Avaaz. | |
| And the climate talks will also be influenced by technology as it was reported this week that the sun and wind can often generate power as cheaply as gas in the home of fossil fuels, Texas. | |
| Certainly the UN's secretary general Ban Ki Moon hopes that he can make a fresh in the endless blame-your-neighbour round of climate talks. | |
| Next year world leaders are due to show up in Paris to settle a global climate deal based not on a bitterly-contested chiseling negotiation in the middle of the night, but on open co-operative offers of action to tackle a shared problem. | |
| Mr Ban has invited leaders to New York to make their offers public. Some small nations will doubtless make new contributions to the carbon contraction effort as they realize the vulnerability of their own economies to a hotter world. | |
| But some big players may continue the game of climate poker, holding back their offers until they see what else is on the table. | |
| So there is no guarantee that Ban's idea will work - but at least for weary climate politics watchers, it will be a change. | |
| In Australia, organisers said up to 20,000 people had turned out in Melbourne to call on Prime Minister Tony Abbott to do more to tackle climate change. | In Australia, organisers said up to 20,000 people had turned out in Melbourne to call on Prime Minister Tony Abbott to do more to tackle climate change. |
| The BBC's Phil Mercer in Sydney says protesters fear Australia faces more severe droughts, bushfires and storms unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced. | The BBC's Phil Mercer in Sydney says protesters fear Australia faces more severe droughts, bushfires and storms unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced. |
| On Tuesday, the UN will host a climate summit at its headquarters in New York with 125 heads of state and government - the first such gathering since the unsuccessful climate conference in Copenhagen in 2009. | On Tuesday, the UN will host a climate summit at its headquarters in New York with 125 heads of state and government - the first such gathering since the unsuccessful climate conference in Copenhagen in 2009. |
| Mr Ban, the UN's Secretary General, hopes leaders can make progress on a universal agreement to be signed by all nations at the end of 2015. | Mr Ban, the UN's Secretary General, hopes leaders can make progress on a universal agreement to be signed by all nations at the end of 2015. |
| He said he would "link arms with those marching for climate action" to show that the UN stands "with them on the right side of this key issue for our common future." | He said he would "link arms with those marching for climate action" to show that the UN stands "with them on the right side of this key issue for our common future." |
| The New York rally is part of a global protest that includes events in 161 countries - Afghanistan, the UK and Italy among them. | The New York rally is part of a global protest that includes events in 161 countries - Afghanistan, the UK and Italy among them. |