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In Madrid (photo above) there was Rally at 5.00 pm at Reina Sofia Square Museum, organised by the Coalicion Clima, attended by over 5,000 people. See a video of the Madrid event here. See photos from the Global Day of Action in Spain via the following links: Fotos del 12 diciembre Día de Acción Global contra el Cambio Climático In Zaragoza there was an action- cacelorada- in the Plaza de Espana 12:00 In Galicia there was a "bike against climate change" march, organised by Rede Anticapitalista Galega (RA), connecting the Galician Parlament, the Galician goverment building and the Town hall of Santiago de Compostela. Afterwards, there was a theatre event in which symbolic \"I´m all for CO2\" awards were presented to the three companies that emit the most pollution in Spain.
http://tinyurl.com/fotos-dagcc
RA! is a net participated by 18 NGOs, syndicates and other social organizations from Galicia. Contact Xan Duro, xan.duro[at]usc.es http://redeanticapitalista.org/blog/
Also organised by Eccologistas en Accion and others around Spain on 12th December:
- Almería: Vigilia
- Asturies: Concentración
- Barcelona: 350 minuts
- Bilbao: Manifestación
- Córdoba: Manifestación
- Cáceres: Concentración
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bicifestación y Concentración
- La Vall d’Uixó: Concentración
- Madrid: Concentración
- Murcia: Concentración y Cumbre de acción
- Santander: Vigilia
- Sevilla: Concentración
- Zaragoza: Cacerolada
Previous Global Days of Action
On November 29th 2008, a hundred demonstrators took to the sreets in Madrid
For more info see www.globalizate.org and Veronica Juzgado
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The video is here
and links to the press coverage:
http://www.europapress.es/videos/video-manifestacion-contra-cambio-climatico-20081129141900.html
http://es.noticias.yahoo.com/5/20081129/tes-decenas-de-personas-piden-en-madrid-dddb26a_1.html
http://www.europapress.es/videos/video-manifestados-cambio-climatico-20081129180536.html
More photos here.
Photos of Eccologistas en Accion in Valencia on 6th December here.
Greenpeace Spain joined forces with other environmental organisations to create a human chain "huggung" the Ministry for the Environment in Madrid demanding less CO2 and more RE.
For the Global Day of Action, there was a demonstation in Madrid on the 29th November 2008 (6th December is Constitution Day in Spain). The demo started at noon in Jacinto Benavente Square and ended with a rally and some live bands playing at the Reina Sofia Museum Square. For more information click here.
More actions in the days leading up to the demo was planned, including an action against urban 4x4s, coordinated with www.stopurban4x4s.org.uk,
In support of the Global Day of Action Amigos de la Tierra (Friends of the Earth Spain) organised a concert on the 30th November as part of their S.O.S clima campaign. La Malarazza played at the concert which happened at Sala Cardamomo (C/Echegaray 15, Madrid).
On November 29th 2008, 100 people took to the streets of Madrid in a demonstration against climate change organised by Globalizate. The event got a lot of media coverage. Here are the links to the press coverage:Yahoo, Europa Press,Europa Press and a video posted on Youtube.
On December 8th, 2007, 200 people took part in a demonstration against climate change in
See photos of both demonstrations here, more photos of the
El 8 de diciembre 2007, 200 personas participaron en una manifestacion contra el cambio climático en Madrid, coordinado por Globalizate, mas detalles abajo.
Ver fotos de las dos manifestaciones aqui, mas fotos de la demo en Madrid
English - En Español abajo
On the Global Day of Action on Climate Change, thousands of citizens took to the streets from all corners of the planet. Those demonstrations were coordinated by the Campaign against Climate Change.
The demonstration in
In the cold and foggy morning the march began at 12.45, from the Plaza de Jacinto Benavente where about 200 people had gathered carrying messages directed at the governments that are meeting in Bali, a petition to the Spanish government to match up words and actions, and criticized the mayor of Madrid for turning on the Christmas lights one month before Christmas.
The demonstration occured without any incidents, going down the Calle Atocha, past the Plaza del Museo Reina Sofia, where the group receieved the Bloco de Baliza, a samba band from the city. Immediately afterwards it was the turn of the speakers. It was said that it was necessary to think as a global movement, because it is a global problem, we can only find a solution globally, in order to reduce greenhouse gases by 85 percent by 2030 and stand a chance of keeping global temperature rise below 2 degrees centigrade. All those in attendance were asked to become involved in the struggle against climate change.
Finally, a manifesto was read to the crowd demanding action against energy inefficiency, that construction of airport terminals be halted, that renewable energy and energy efficiency become the points of departure to create an economy free of carbon. Also, it was said that climate change is not just an ecological problem, but a social problem as well, affecting all of society.
Around 2 pm, the action ended with a samba performance.
Español
En el día de acción global contra el cambio climático, miles de ciudadanos han salido a las calles en todos los rincones del planeta. Las manifestaciones han sido coordinadas por la Campaña Global contra el cambio climático.
La manifestación en Madrid ha sido organizada por la Asociación Globalízate, único grupo que ha convocado una manifestación en España.
En una mañana fría y con nieve, a las 12:45 ha comenzado la marcha, desde la Plaza de Jacinto Benavente donde unas 200 personas han coreado mensajes dirigidos a los governantes que están reunidos en Bali, la petición al gobierno español de que se dejen de palabras y actúen, también se ha criticado al alcalde de Madrid por encender las luces navideñas un mes antes de la Navidad y algunas otras ocurrentes como la que echaba en falta al primo de Rajoy.
La manifestación ha transcurrido sin incidencias, bajando por la Calle Atocha hasta llegar a la Plaza del Museo Reina Sofía, donde la comitiva ha sido recibida por una gran batucada a cargo del grupo Bloco do Baliza. Acto seguido ha llegado el turno de las intervenciones, en primer lugar se ha hablado de la necesidad de crear un movimiento global, dado que es un problema global, solo globalmente podrá ser solucionado, se han pedido unas reducciones de GEI del orden del 85% globalmente para el año 2030 para así tener muchas posibilidades de evitar que la temperatura aumente mas de 2º C. Se ha animado a los asistentes (en estos momentos unos 250) a involucrarse en la lucha contra el cambio climático.
Por ultimo se ha leído el manifiesto de la convocatoria donde se ha exigido a los políticos que nos derrochen la energía, que no construyan centrales térmicas o aeropuertos, que apuesten por las energías renovables y la eficiencia energética como punto de partida para una transición hacia una economía libre de carbono. También se ha incidido en que este problema afectará toda la sociedad y no es un problema exclusivamente “ecologista”.
Alrededor de las 14:00 horas el acto ha terminado con una impresionante batucada que ha puesto punto y final al acto celebrado en Madrid.
Ver el manifiesto la campana aqui.
Links to Media
http://www.europapress.es/noticiasocial.aspx?cod=20071208163834&ch=313
See the press release here
- See a promotional video here
- See a news article in Europa Press on the