Wave demonstration "A call for visionary leadership"

Greens from across Scotland attended the Wave Scotland demonstration, organised by Stop Climate Chaos Scotland to show support for tough and legally binding emissions targets at next week's Copenhagen climate summit.

Speaking from the march, Patrick Harvie MSP said:

"The mood here at Wave Scotland is inspirational, and the people on this march are demanding determined and visionary international leadership to keep this planet safe. We know what will happen if we fail, and it's almost too awful to contemplate. But we know what the prize is, too: a fairer and safer world, and a world which we can be proud to hand on to the next generation.

"The Scottish Parliament passed some tough emissions targets earlier this year, and now the debate here is simply about how best to meet them. To give us the best chance of blocking runaway climate change, Copenhagen must get the world to that same point next week. We cannot afford anything less."

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1. For information about the Wave Scotland, see: http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/thewavescotland