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| Climate change campaigners are due to rally in London as part of global protests calling for world leaders to act urgently on the issue. | Climate change campaigners are due to rally in London as part of global protests calling for world leaders to act urgently on the issue. |
| The day's events include the March for Global Climate Justice from the US embassy in London to Trafalgar Square. | The day's events include the March for Global Climate Justice from the US embassy in London to Trafalgar Square. |
| Ashok Sinha, director of Stop Climate Chaos, said "climate change is the biggest threat the planet faces" and called for "urgent political action". | Ashok Sinha, director of Stop Climate Chaos, said "climate change is the biggest threat the planet faces" and called for "urgent political action". |
| The events are ahead of UN climate change talks in Nairobi on Monday. | The events are ahead of UN climate change talks in Nairobi on Monday. |
| They also follow the publication of the Stern Report which suggests that global warming could shrink the global economy by 20%. | They also follow the publication of the Stern Report which suggests that global warming could shrink the global economy by 20%. |
| To state that climate change will be "catastrophic" hides a cascade of value-laden assumptions Mike HulmeTyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Chaotic world of truth | |
| During a day of events in London, cyclists will go on a "protest bike ride" and hand a petition into Downing Street calling for a reduction in annual emission targets. | During a day of events in London, cyclists will go on a "protest bike ride" and hand a petition into Downing Street calling for a reduction in annual emission targets. |
| Phil Thornhill of the Campaign against Climate Change, which is part of the coalition of protest groups, said "As the Stern Report makes clear it is vulnerable communities in the developing world who are most at risk from climate change." | Phil Thornhill of the Campaign against Climate Change, which is part of the coalition of protest groups, said "As the Stern Report makes clear it is vulnerable communities in the developing world who are most at risk from climate change." |
| He said some people were already suffering from the impacts of climate change, such as victims of drought in East Africa. | He said some people were already suffering from the impacts of climate change, such as victims of drought in East Africa. |
| "The high-carbon lifestyles of the West are mainly to blame and the West must lead the way in instituting an effective international emissions reductions treaty which is the only way we can prevent this huge injustice swelling to the scale of a global catastrophe," he said. | "The high-carbon lifestyles of the West are mainly to blame and the West must lead the way in instituting an effective international emissions reductions treaty which is the only way we can prevent this huge injustice swelling to the scale of a global catastrophe," he said. |
| Mr Thornhill said a rally was being held outside the US embassy because that country had "consistently blocked progress on such a treaty". | Mr Thornhill said a rally was being held outside the US embassy because that country had "consistently blocked progress on such a treaty". |
| However, one of the UK's top climate scientists has warned although climate change is "a reality", the language being used to describe the issues surrounding global warming is exaggerated and could weaken the arguments for policy changes. | |
| Mike Hulme, of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, said: "To state that climate change will be 'catastrophic' hides a cascade of value-laden assumptions which do not emerge from empirical or theoretical science," he said. | Mike Hulme, of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, said: "To state that climate change will be 'catastrophic' hides a cascade of value-laden assumptions which do not emerge from empirical or theoretical science," he said. |
| The United Nations Climate Change Conference will take place in Nairobi, Kenya, from Monday to November 17. | The United Nations Climate Change Conference will take place in Nairobi, Kenya, from Monday to November 17. |