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width=600 height=366><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Close to 500,000
marched in Madrid on December 6, midway through
COP25. </SPAN></P>
<H1
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Case You Missed It</H1>
<P><STRONG>‘A dismal failure’:</STRONG> The 25th UN climate talks (COP25)
ended on Sunday, after three tense days of final negotiations. In the end,
<A
href="https://act.350.org/go/186652?t=6&akid=109819%2E4050260%2ELF6U_Z">the
weakened text failed</A> to curb coal, oil, and gas, as powerful countries
with vested fossil fuel interests blocked progress. Protesters, voicing
the demands of people across the world to stop polluters, were <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/186653?t=7&akid=109819%2E4050260%2ELF6U_Z">kicked
out of the summit</A> last week. Many big issues on how to implement the
Paris Agreement were left until next year’s conference, COP26 in Glasgow,
despite the urgency to take action. </P>
<P><BR><IMG alt=""
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width=600 height=400><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">A protester at the
Madrid march holds up an eye to say “we are watching.” Photo: Hoda
Baraka</SPAN><BR><BR></P>
<P>More than 500,000 people marched for climate action in Madrid and
Santiago on December 6. And throughout the two-week summit, young
activists from all over the world showed incredible leadership and moral
clarity. Greta Thunberg summed it up well in <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/186654?t=8&akid=109819%2E4050260%2ELF6U_Z">her
speech</A>:</P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" dir=ltr>“I’m telling you there’s hope. I have
seen it. But it does not come from governments or corporations. It comes
from the people.”<BR><BR><IMG alt=""
src="https://dbqvwi2zcv14h.cloudfront.net/images/editor-2019-12-16-4.png"
width=600 height=338><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Indigenous leaders
from Minga Indígena deliver a letter demanding official recognition at COP
on December 10. Photo: Hugo Duchesne</SPAN> <BR><BR></P>
<P><STRONG>Indigenous voices:</STRONG> Indigenous leaders from across
Latin America made themselves heard at COP25, despite the last-minute
change of location to Europe. In a beautiful ceremony, they delivered a
climate letter demanding that Indigenous consultation become an official
part of the negotiations. It also warned against <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/186655?t=9&akid=109819%2E4050260%2ELF6U_Z">carbon
markets</A> – a big point of debate in the negotiations – as a false
solution. <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/186656?t=10&akid=109819%2E4050260%2ELF6U_Z">Meet
some of the leaders and learn about their journey to COP.</A></P>
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<P><IMG alt=""
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width=600 height=372><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Activists call out
Japan for their coal financing with a papier-mâché mask of Prime Minister
Abe. Photo: Hanae Takahashi, Friends of the Earth</SPAN> <BR><BR></P>
<P><STRONG>Bankrolling coal:</STRONG> New research unveiled at COP shows
investors have spent <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/186657?t=11&akid=109819%2E4050260%2ELF6U_Z">$745
billion on new coal development</A> since the 2015 Paris Agreement. More
than 1,000 new coal plants are planned worldwide – even though the UN
Secretary General himself has called for no new coal by the end of next
year.</P>
<P>37,000 people from around the world signed on to a petition to end
fossil fuel finance, which was delivered at COP. Expect bank headquarters
and fossil funders to be big campaign targets in 2020.</P>
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<P><IMG alt=""
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width=600 height=360><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The December 6
march in Santiago was coordinated with the nighttime march in Madrid.
Photo: Fina</SPAN><BR><BR></P>
<P><STRONG>Chile:</STRONG> Communities gathered throughout the two weeks
for performances, workshops, and actions at the People’s Climate Summit
and the Social Summit for Climate Action. With input from groups across
Latin America, they launched the Manifesto for the Climate, with policy
demands to solve the social and climate crises. <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/186658?t=12&akid=109819%2E4050260%2ELF6U_Z">Read
about all the amazing COP25 action in Chile.</A></P>
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width=600 height=320><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Supporters at the
"Cities for Climate Change" Mayors' forum. Photo: 350
EECCA</SPAN><BR><BR><STRONG>Local change:</STRONG> Fuelled by activism,
cities are stepping in to stop the climate crisis where global UN
processes are failing. <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/186659?t=13&akid=109819%2E4050260%2ELF6U_Z">24
cities in Turkey</A> – including three of the top five most populated –
made an official pledge to fulfill their Paris Agreement responsibility to
keep warming under 1.5˚C by 2030. And <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/186660?t=14&akid=109819%2E4050260%2ELF6U_Z">two
more communities in Ukraine</A> have declared new plans for 100% renewable
energy: Trostyanets and Baranivska.</P>
<H1
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to Watch</H1>
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width=600 height=324></A><BR><BR>Make no mistake: This COP was a failure
because many politicians and delegates protected the interests of the
fossil fuel industry. Never has the disconnect from the scientific
imperative been so wide. But the scale of people power was also unmatched.
<A
href="https://act.350.org/go/186661?t=16&akid=109819%2E4050260%2ELF6U_Z">Watch
these beautiful scenes from the summit</A> – and let them inspire you to
take action in the weeks ahead. </SPAN><SPAN
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