Civil Society delegates marching out of COP 15 Bella Center

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URGENT : Civil Society Delegates Marching Out of COP 15 Bella Center WHAT: HUNDREDS MARCH OUT OF BELLA CENTER  - HAPPENING NOW An array of civil society, delegates and negotiating parties representing a global alliance of both north and south civil society groups, people's movements, indigenous representatives and even some governments have begun a dramatic protest today disrupting the inside of the Bella Center. WHO: Scores/Hundreds of representatives gathered in the central hall and loudly marched out of the Bella Center in protest. The march is headed out to join the thousands of people who have been excluded outside and participate in the Peoples' Assembly which is a centerpiece of today's Reclaim Power action. WHY: "The surgical removal of non governmental organizations underscores the lack of democracy inherent in these negotiations." said Professor Micheal Dorsey, a member of the Climate Justice Now! Network. "The United Nations process has systematically failed the world's marginalized countries and consistently excludes those that would dare support and fighton behalf of those countries. The only way to avoid catastrophic climate change is fully supporting and including peoples movements like the very ones illegitimately removed from this process." Today we are seeing thousands of people joining together to fight for climate justice," said Natalie Swift, a spokeperson with Climate Justice Action. "We need systems change to create a world which is truly just and sustainable and solve the climate crisis."