Green groups stage walk-out at UN climate talks

21/11/13
Author: 
John Vidal
corporateeurope.org

Environment and development groups together with young people, trade unions and social movements will walk out of the UN climate talks on Thursday in protest at what they say is the slow speed and lack of ambition of the negotiations in Warsaw. Greenpeace, WWF, Oxfam, 350.org, Friends of the Earth, the International Trade Union confederation and ActionAid have all said they will leave the talks and not return. Over 3,500 individuals from over 300 groups are registered at the climate talks but it is unclear how many will stay.