Actions In Bonn

Activists from the Rising Tide Network and other groups held an RTS on July 22nd. Demanding that Rising Tide’s 12-point manifesto be read in the COP 6.5 conference halls, over 100 activists from the 500 strong parade locked arms for a four-hour blockade of a main street in Bonn. Activists called on environmental NGOs to return to a position of environmental integrity, walk out of the climate talks and join the people on the streets. Despite negotiations with the UN to allow people to leave peacefully the police forcibly removed and detained 123 people to stop the blockade and allow traffic to resume ‘business as usual’.

The message was taken to the final session in unique style with a banner drop and a reading of the 12 principles (www.risingtide.nl) inside. During the week a camp took place along with other actions including a crane sit. This was the largest direct action at the climate talks since COP1 Berlin 1995.