Good COP21, bad COP21: Paris’ alternative climate summit
‘Do not consider this a mock trial but a sneak preview of Exxon future,’ an environmental ist tells the crowd
New York artist Kate McNeely with her work The Climate Ribbon at the alternative COP21 at Montreuil in Paris.
A replica of the Statue of Liberty is seen with smoke trailing out from its torch during a street parade as part of the ‘Global Village of Alternatives’ events held in Montreuil, near Paris in France. Photograph: Benoit Tessier/Reuters
Montreuil is a large suburb in eastern Paris where few tourists venture. It is predominantly working class. It is not very pretty, but has an edge, with many artists living here. Its politics are radical too, with green and communist mayors in recent years.
You can take it that few of the VIPs and senior politicians attending COP21 have bothered to take a trip across the city to Montreuil from Le Bourget.