Leeds, PriceWaterhouseCoopers

On Friday 8th December, in the wake of the farcical Climate Conference, 12 activists blockaded the front entrance of the Leeds branch of PriceWaterhouseCoopers preventing workers from using it for over an hour.

Two women entered the building but were quickly manhandled out of the back by burly security guards. The revolving doors were physically blocked by people sitting in them and security kindly locked the adjacent door to preventing staff from using it. Staff who wished to enter the building to go to work (instead of taking advice to take the day off) were directed by security to a back entrance.

A banner read ’Climate Change Means More Floods' and staff and passers-by were given leaflets explaining the action.

Car parks around the back for staff and visitors were intermittently locked by security for fear that the protesters would enter the building, leading to tailbacks of staff cars which gave protesters an opportunity to talk to staff about the issues.

PriceWaterhouseCoopers were targeted because of their involvement in 'Carbon Trading’, which lets rich countries increase their emissions by buying up ’spare’ emissions quotas from less developed countries.

Bridges over approach roads into the city of York (one of the areas worst affected by recent floods) were also spray painted with the slogan ’Climate Change = Floods.