2009 Walk Against Warming

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The 2009 Walk Against Warming was held in several Australian cities on December 12, 2009. 40,000 people attended the rally in Melbourne, Australia.^[1] Speakers urged the Australian government to participate in the creation of a binding international agreement to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and set strong emission reduction targets at the Copenhagen Climate Change conference in progress.

Speakers called for immediate policies to move us back towards a safe climate future.

90,000 people across Australia attended the rallies in capital cities and regional centres.^[2]

Contents 1 Photo gallery 2 Videos 3 External links 4 References

Photo gallery

Mark Wakeham			David Karoly
	King Coal Kevin Rudd
		No nuclear	Human sign

Videos

Plea from Tuvalu for Global climate action at Melbourne Walk Against Warming 2009

External links

• Photos of Melbourne rally - free to use under CC-BY-SA licence
• Photos of Melbourne rally by Takver - free to use under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic Licence
• Walk Against Warming official site

References

1. ↑ Big numbers warm to climate cause The Age, 13 December 2009
2. ↑ Massive turnout for Walk Against Warming, ABC, 12 December 2009