| Thousands March, Urge US to Join Kyoto | 06 December 05 |
 Thousands of hardy global citizens gathered Saturday December 3, 2005 in the streets of Montreal, Canada, and in 30 other cities around the world. They came out to encourage government leaders to agree to deep emissions reductions for the next Kyoto period.Organizers of the march estimate the crowd at 40,000. Montreal police confirmed a crowd of at least 35,000. Polar bears, painted faces, puppets, drumming, singing, mock sections of the Mackenzie pipeline, and a host of placards and banners were all part of the march. Families with babes in strollers walked alongside youth and elders; raging grannies and Sierra Club youth sang ballads. Sierra Club of Canada Executive Director Elizabeth May received roaring approval from the crowd. "We will move the world ahead. We will not wait for George W. Bush... Together we can save the climate. Together we will stop fossil fuels from destroying our future." Expressions of disapproval for the US administration position (US has not joined the Kyoto Protocol) were accompanied by messages that the door is open for the US to join the global effort to address climate change. Stephane Dion, President of the COP/MOP and Canada's Environment Minister, will hopefully move the COP/MOP process further to include more developing country concerns, and concrete goals for the next Kyoto Protocol phase. View the December 3, 2005 coverage from CBC View the December 3, 2005 Reuters article in the New York Times View the December 4, 2005 Associated Press article in the New York Times View updates from the UN Climate Change meetings on Climate Network Canada's website Sources: Manitoba Wildlands, CBC, Reuters |
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