DOHA: Thousands of activists from the Arab region and around the world will march in Doha today demanding urgent action to address climate change at the UN negotiations.
The march will start from the Sheraton Park at 8am.
Activists from more than 15 Arab countries such as Qatar, Mauritania, Morocco, Jordan, Libya, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria, Sudan, Oman, Egypt and Bahrain will also call on their own leaders - during the first climate negotiations ever held in the Middle East - to pledge to reduce their emissions by 2020.
The march is supported by regional and international NGO networks such as IndyACT, OASIS Doha, 350.org, Climate Action Network, and the global TckTckTck campaign, as well as youth activists who were instrumental in the Arab spring and are now organised in the newly founded Arab Youth Climate Movement.
The traffic will be diverted on the Corniche in the morning.
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