YOUTH ACTIVISTS TAKE UP THE LEADERSHIP IN COP15 OUTSIDE ACTIONS

One notable feature of the 2nd day’s events is the tremendous enthusiasm of the large number of young people from all parts of the world, but specifically from the northern countries - protesting side by side with Africans, Asians, Latin Americans... Jack Morton from Wales UK, was seen - with a large bunch of leaflets in hand demanding that rich countries immediately start paying reparations to the poor ones for the climate exploitation - talking to each of the hundreds of delegates coming in to the Bella centre through the gate where he was standing, and trying to convince them about the urgency of the situation. Jack has worked as a volunteer with community groups in Tamil Nadu in India for some time, and Rajen from India from the organization PAD struck an instant friendship with him through this. Many hundreds of others young people like Jack are convinced that THEY have to take up the fight if the Earth is to be saved from catastrophic climate disaster.