Berlin

581 environmental activists from all over Europe were in Berlin for the Climate is Right for Change Conference at the beginning of April. There were workshops and actions to coincide with the UN Climate Change conference, attended by top government ministers from around the world. The industrial lobby were out in force to prevent anything being decided, particularly the Global Climate Coalition (ICI, Shell, Exon etc).

These bastards are fighting FOR the destruction of our planet! Many major actions occurred to highlight the climate change issue, such as traffic blockades with street parties and a critical mass cycle ride (with 100,000 people). People prevented delegates from leaving the building as they hadn't achieved anything, locked on to coaches and actions also occurred inside the conference. One young woman, interrupting the US delegate's press conference, ripped up his paper and said, "I'm 19 years old and your destroying my planet!". The protests were well received by the 3rd World Delegates. If ever there was a display of the inability of governments to listen to public concern rather than big business, this was it. The only public pressure they're going to listen to is the sort that Iocks itself to their Mercedes!