Walk out at the UN climate talks

Delegates staged a mass walk out from the UN climate talks in Copenhagen this morning, chanting "Reclaim the power".

Some 200 or more people left the building in protest at the way in which governments are excluding the voices of people from the talks. Meanwhile outside, some of those excluded, marched on the conference centre where they were held by police.


The delegates who walked out were held by police on a bridge outside Copenhagen's Bella Center.

Earlier, delegates from Friends of the Earth - all accredited and in possession of the secondary badges now needed by NGOs - were told they were not allowed inside.

While the rich country governments try to push their agenda on to developing nations inside the talks, calls for climate justice are being kept out.