France bans climate change protests

“We are horrified by the attacks, and our heart goes out to everyone in Paris and across the world who is mourning today”, it said in a statement.

Much of the action in Paris is being organized by Coalition Climat 21, comprising Greenpeace, Oxfam, Avaaz, and more than 130 other civil society groups.

France had restored border controls and planned police deployments to safeguard the climate event, even before the bloodshed of November 13, and then locked down Paris, allowing police to limit crowds in public spaces – a state of emergency that President Francois Hollande said will be kept for three months. “We fully share [authorities’] concerns about public safety-just as we fully oppose any unnecessary crackdowns on civil liberties and minority populations”.

But additional protests in Paris, such as plans to block roads and form human chains at the Place de la République, scheduled for December 12, “are still under negotiation”, Henn said. Saving lives on the other hand is more important.

“The government can prohibit these demonstrations, but it cannot stop the mobilisation and it won’t prevent us strengthening the climate movement”. 129 people died, while more than 350 are injured.

“But this said, there are security decisions”. “We are in a country of free expression-that has always been the source of our power”. We need them to be in Paris with us throughout the COP.

“And as we will deliver on what we have promised, it builds up our confidence that we can deliver”. In consultation with the authorities, we will continue to seek that security for all who take part is guaranteed. Organizers were hoping that as many as 200,000 environmentalists and concerned citizens would participate. On Tuesday, environmental groups will meet French authorities to make plans to move ahead of the conference.

“Our thoughts are with the victims of the attacks in Paris, their families and friends”. “But we can’t afford to let this derail our movement”.

Canada’s former chief pipeline regulator is hoping the upcoming Paris climate summit will bring some clarity to a question he has been constantly unable to answer.

Diane Connors, a regional organizer with the Council of Canadians in Edmonton, is still heading to Paris with a 17-member strong youth delegation. There also has been no discussion of the $100 billion annual aid that developed nations are expected to provide to poorer ones to help them prepare for climate change.

He said Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) approach is an “attractive approach because, we are saying this is what we will achieve”.

Valls told Reuters that in addition to the summit’s original goal of combating climate change, it would also now serve as an opportunity for world leaders to show their solidarity with France after the attacks.