This morning.
Malahide, County Dublin
Eco activists adorn a trees outside the Grand Hotel Malahide ahead of tomorrow’s Citizen’s Assembly session on climate change.
Stop Climate Chaos members dressed the tree with ribbons containing some of the 1200 recommendations for action on climate change the Citizen’s Assembly received from the public.
Fight!
Leon Farrell/Rollingnews
Swoon
This morning.
Greystones, County Wicklow
The Happy Pear twins – David and Stephen Flynn – team up with the Stop Climate Chaos coalition and Happenings to take part in a dawn dip ahead of ‘Dinner with Darwin’ on Saturday in Dartmouth Square, Dublin 6 (details at link below).
Charles Darwin’s great great grandson, Chris Darwin, will speak at the event, which will also include yoga, interactive exhibitions on climate change and a panel discussion chaired by Manchán Mangan.
Rollingnews
Kevin Higgins tweetz:
According to Climate Central, Dublin average temperature will rise to that of Brussels within the next 80 years…
This Is How Climate Change Will Shift the World’s Cities (Climate Central)
‘Party today and our children can pay tomorrow.’
From Joe Bloggs.
Of the Party Now party.
Previously: The Phoney Celtic Phoenix
Face it, we’re doomed.
Rory Bradley presents ‘plausible’ doomsday scenarios and how you can prepare for the end of days.
Mmf.
A gendarme from Cherbourg, France with a banner brought in by irish climate change activists
Climate change pre-crimes?
Mais oui.
The activists, ranging in age from 20 to 72, are all involved in the group Stop Climate Chaos, an umbrella group comprised of 28 environmental groups including Friends of the Earth, Trócaire, An Taisce, Concern and Christian Aid.
An officer with the French border police in Cherbourg told The Irish Times the group had been stopped under the state-of-emergency legislation which currently banned demonstrations in France.
Speaking before their bus had been let through, the officer said it was expected the group would be returned to Ireland on Thursday evening as they were considered “likely to trouble public order in France”.
Asked how they knew about the group, the officer replied: “We were advised by the Irish authorities.”
The border police later confirmed the position had changed and the bus was being allowed to proceed but declined to comment on the reason why.
Threat to deport Irish climate activists entering France lifted (Harry McGee, irish Times)
Mark Malone writes:
So Irish authorities forewarned French police about visiting climate change campaigners heading to COP21. Pretty much puts the question of political policing to bed.
Top pic: William Hederman
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Days before the start of the COP21 Global Summit in Paris, 600 posters by 82 artists from 19 countries were placed behind glass at bus stops around the city.
The wheeze – subverting actual posters by the conference’s rather smug corporate sponsors, including Air France, Dow Chemicals and GDF Suez (Engie) – was organised by UK based anti-corporate collective Brandalism.
MORE: Brandalism: 600 ad takeovers in Paris before the COP21 Climate Conference (Street Art News)
This morning.
The corner of Georges’ Street and Dame Street, Dublin.
Mother earth ain’t happy…
