This image was taken during my time in Cancun at the United Nations Climate Change Conference. The media stunt was put on by 350.org to bring attention to the rising sea levels due to climate change and the conference itself. The photo ended up running in The Wall Street Journal and on the Los Angeles Times Greenspace blog.

United States Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern addresses the media at a press briefing during the sixteenth United Nations Conference of the Parties in Cancun, Mexico, on Friday Dec. 3, 2010.

I thought yesterday would be reminiscent of WTO, I was a bit wrong. Protesters attempted to take over the Bella Center and hold a people’s summit. However, those super efficient Danish police swung their batons and sprayed their pepper and all was calm again! It was quite the rush being pinned between weapon wielding police officers and screaming protesters with nothing to lose. Here are selects. Click on for more. All images available via ZUMA Press.

Here are images from the past two days of protests. It’s funny how efficient the police are and how the protesters efforts seem to fizzle. The first image was a demonstration that targeted the harbor of Copenhagen that was broken up by police before demonstrators could get to their destination. Our second photographer, Chris Crow, was detained and then released three and half hours later.

The second image, taken yesterday, shows protesters destroying and dragging a balloon that was installed in front of parliament. The police didn’t seem to care that they were doing this. The inflatable sphere was used to represent one ton of CO2 (pro-climate). It’s like teepeeing your own house. Both protests ranged from 500 to 600. Well sorry for the brief writeup, I have to go.  click on for more.

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