The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The United Nations Climate Change Conference started on the 30th of November in Le Bouget, a suburb of Paris. It is the 21st yearly session of the Conference of the Parties to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the 11th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The goal of this two-week summit is to discuss the possible ways to decrease the levels of CO2, and find solutions for global warming. This summit will unite 195 nations and 150 heads of government.
The day before the opening of the conferences in the center of Paris (Place de la Republique), a large demonstration against global warming took place. It was organized by ecologists and left-wing or anarchist activists. The demonstration was organized despite warnings against mass demonstrations, as a state of emergency is in effect in France for 3 months following the terrorist attacks of Friday the 13th. More than two-hundred people were arrested