Green activists rally worldwide

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Protests are being held in more than 30 countries as part of an international day of action on global warming. The demonstrations have been timed to coincide with a UN summit on climate change in Montreal, Canada. Thousands are expected to march through the city, as well as Washington, London, Sydney and Johannesburg. Environmental groups are critical of what they see as the inadequate response of governments to the threat of global warming. Delicate manoeuvring Five groups, including Greenpeace and the Climate Crisis Coalition, will deliver a petition to the US embassy in Montreal. Human nature is destructive and as such environmental change is indeed inevitable Graham Douglas, UK Climate change: Your views The petition, signed by 600,000 Americans, calls on the Bush administration and the US Congress to help stop global warming. Canadian Inuit of the Arctic north, including

hunters, trappers and elders, have travelled to Montreal to take part in the demonstration. Delegates from 189 countries are at the 10-day conference to consider how to meet the Kyoto Protocol targets and what measures should follow when these expire in 2012. The Kyoto agreement, which came into force earlier this year, requires industrialised nations to cut emissions of greenhouse gases by 5.2%. The US, the world's biggest emitter, is not a signatory to Kyoto, saying it is costly to introduce and that the agreement is flawed. BBC environment correspondent Tim Hirsch says the coming days will see delicate manoeuvring to find ways of bringing the US and key developing countries into discussions about future action on global warming, without asking them to commit themselves to firm targets and timetables. Peter H

 

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