November 04, 2009 Protesters block exit of Barcelona climate centre Say they won’t allow the negotiators to leave until they agree to 40 per cent reductions Protesters at Barcelona today took the step of locking climate negotiators inside a room to force them to talk. This morning, just after the start of formal negotiations, a group of about 50 to 60 protesters sealed off the exits of the Barcelona Convention Centre where the climate talks are being held. They taped shut the gates then sat in front, chanting slogans demanding climate justice. The UNFCCC secretariat and security personnel were taken by surprise. As delegates realised they were locked in, there was a mad search for alternative exits. The protesters demanded that industrialised countries reduce their emissions by 40 per cent by 2020. They denounced the CDM and other offset mechanisms and asked the business lobbies to leave the negotiations: “Make Barcelona a corporate lobby-free zone”.  In a statement, they said, “here in Barcelona the historic Copenhagen treaty – supposed to prevent catastrophic climate change from reaching the point of no return – is being cooked up. The current Kyoto Protocol has not been able to achieve its modest targets for reducing CO2 emissions. Between 2000 and 2005, emissions have increased by 3.2 per cent annually, four times faster than in the previous decade.”  They ended their statement saying:  "If the climate were a bank it would have been saved...Time is running out."   Post a comment     ON THE NEGOTIATING TABLE   • Shared vision • Mitigation • REDD • Sectoral approach • Adaptation • Technology transfer • Finance   OUR POSITIONS   • Agenda for Poznan pdf • Pressure point pdf • What's on the table pdf • C is for unclean pdf • Just framework pdf Climate inaction January 1, 2009 The climate talks in Poznan failed on all counts. The US was found missing in post-election inaction; climate-champion EU was squabbling over the economic pain of taking action; developing countries found themselves talking amongst themselves about what needs to be done to cut emissions. More Interview: It makes perfect sense to integrate the green dimension January 1, 2009 Guy Ryder, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confedaration, went to Poznan to attend his first UN climate meet. He sees green opportunity in the financial crisis. Pradip Saha caught up with him More Press Release December 04, 2008 CSE charts an agenda for action in Poznan, calls for tough action to reduce emissions and an agreement based on equity More         • Loaded communication • Hot Air • C for Change • WWW • Abbreviated Future (AF)     Visit our sites   Centre for Science and Environment http://www.cseindia.org   Down To Earth http://downtoearth.org.in/   Write to:   Pradip Saha psaha@cseindia.org   Poznan contact number 00447924001611   Contact info   Centre for Science and Environment 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi. India - 110062 Tel: +91-11 29955124, 6394, 6399 Fax: +91-11 29955870; 29955879 E-mail: cse@cseindia.org