Red lines, condoms and the Arc de Triomphe - Climate activists step up protests

From storming the Arc de Triomphe in central Paris to handing out condoms to bureaucrats in the suburbs, climate change activists stepped up public stunts on Friday in a last-ditch bid to get negotiators to agree a powerful accord. Two weeks of U.N. talks to forge a global agreement to temper global warming are set to continue into Saturday, a day later than scheduled, as officials from 195 nations seek to resolve stubborn differences over how to cut back fossil fuel use and shift the planet toward greener growth. Seeking to step up pressure to deliver an 'ambitious' agreement, Greenpeace activists abseiled off the top of the Arc de Triomphe, one of Paris' landmark monuments, and poured yellow paint on its famous roundabout, meant to appear like rays of sunshine from the sky. Read More http://ift.tt/21V9iNQ