MADRID - Dozens of young campaigners and indigenous rights activists were thrown out of United Nations climate talks Wednesday after staging a protest demanding that nations commit to act now to avert catastrophic climate change.
The demonstration saw hundreds of young people perform a cacerolazo - a type of protest originally from Chile that involves banging on pots and pans - right outside the plenary room where delegates from around the world were discussing the progress made in talks so far. There were scuffles between protesters and security guards, before the activists were pushed backwards outside and held there by UN staff.
Nations are gathered in Madrid to hash out the rulebook for the landmark Paris accord, which aims to keep global temperature rises"well below" two deg C.
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