Climate activists want to march in Paris despite attacks

French police “have just barred the huge planned marches and protests, effectively silencing the voices of people who are directly affected by these high-level talks”, climatologist Jason Box and 350.org’s Naomi Klein said in a New Yorker op-ed.

On Tuesday, a representative of Climate Coalition 21 that is organizing the march, said consultation with authorities was continuing in the hope that the event can go ahead, and “we will continue to ensure the security of all participants is guaranteed”.

“For people around the world, join the Global Climate March in your community to show your support for climate justice”.

In the wake of the Paris attacks, climate activists and the French government are at odds over plans for a massive protest march on November 29 ahead of the United Nations climate talks.

Audubon and other conservation groups around the world will continue our efforts to raise awareness about climate change and protect the crucial habitats that wildlife rely on.

About 160 countries have already filed voluntary carbon-curbing pledges to underpin the future pact, but scientists say the aggregate effect falls far short, and Earth is on course for warming of about 3 C, or more.

The two-week event, more than a year in the making, was quickly reconfirmed after the terrorist attacks but has lost a few momentum.

Andrew Steer, president of the World Resources Institute, said it would be hard for visiting leaders to express their solidarity with France after the Paris attacks and then say they were not in the mood to seal a global climate change deal. Throughout the weekend of December 5 and 6, organizers will hold the People’s Climate Summit in Montreuil, a suburb outside of Paris.

Nicolas Haeringer, a spokesperson for 350.org said in a statement: “The government can prohibit these demonstrations, but it cannot stop the mobilization and it won’t prevent us strengthening the climate movement”. It will make sure people can live with they are and they don’t live in a climate of fear or social instability.

With the recent terrorist attacks, France has enforced tighter security measures, including a possible ban on rallies for the upcoming United Nations climate summit.

A Paris rally to demand strong action on climate change has been cancelled due to concerns about terrorism.

Hollande was responding to a Financial Times interview with U.S. secretary of state John Kerry in which Kerry said that the conference agreement was “definitively not going to be a treaty” that would legally bind countries to cut carbon emissions.

The cancelled marches are not the only civil activities that organizers have planned during the talks.