Climate activists gather in Marseille, southern France, inside a foutain, holding the number 350, representing what scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, during a demonstration called by 350.org on October 24, 2009, to kick off the International Day of Climate Action about global warming. Similar stunts actions are planned in some 4,000 locations in more than 170 countries across the globe to mark 50 days until world leaders meet in Copenhagen to thrash out a new climate change treaty. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

Climate activists gather in Marseille, southern France, inside a foutain, holding the number 350, representing what scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, during a demonstration called by 350.org on October 24, 2009, to kick off the International Day of Climate Action about global warming. Similar stunts actions are planned in some 4,000 locations in more than 170 countries across the globe to mark 50 days until world leaders meet in Copenhagen to thrash out a new climate change treaty.

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  1. View of the Belchatow Power Station, Europe's largest thermal power plant, near Belchatow November 28, 2009. U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen next month can be a turning point in the world's fight against global warming, Denmark's prime minister said on Friday, adding that more than 85 heads of state and government had already said they would attend.
  2. PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - NOVEMBER 28: Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen (R) and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (L) hold a press conference on climate change during the second day of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at the Hyatt Hotel on November 28, 2009 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad And Tobago. CHOGM is held every 2 years, bringing together world leaders to discuss key issues of a global and Commonwealth nature, and key policies and initiatives.
  3. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 25: Charlie Dimmock poses as she launches BTCV's carbon army, mobilising 300,000 volunteers to fight climate change on November 25, 2009 in London, England.
  4. LONDON - NOVEMBER 18: Helena Christensen launches her new photographic exhibition 'Meltdown' at Proud Gallery Central on November 18, 2009 in London, England. Christensen's exhibition of photographs from her visit to Peru in collaboration with Oxfam, documenting the human cost of climate change in the country, opens to the public on November 23 at London's Proud Gallery, John Adam Street.
  5. BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC - NOVEMBER 18: (L-R) European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek, Speaker of the Slovenian National Assembly, France Cukjati and Speaker of the Swedish Riksdag Per Westerberg during a meeting at the Slovak Parliament (NR SR) building on November 18, 2009, in Bratislava, Slovakia. Jerzy Buzek attended a meeting on the 20th anniversary of the Velvet revolution and earlier in the day met with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, where the two politicians discussed military operations in Afghanistan and the upcoming summit on climate change in Copenhagen.
  6. US President Barack Obama (L) and Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng (2nd L) make their way to a lunch on November 16, 2009 at the Xijiao State Guest House in Shanghai. Obama was set to hold a campaign-style town-hall meeting with students in Shanghai later in the day, before heading to Beijing for talks with President Hu Jintao on tough issues like trade, global crises including Iran and climate change.
  7. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: Greenpeace activists, wearing flight attendant uniforms, hold a giant boarding pass for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a demonstration calling for his participation in next month's summit on climate change in Copenhagen, outside Netanyahu's office on November 15, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. Greenpeace is demanding Israel joins the global effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
  8. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon makes brief remarks after meeting with members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the U.S. Captiol November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Ban and the senators talked about what measures and actions the Senate may be willing to take before the climate change talks in Copenhagen in December.
  9. ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 07: Timothy Geithner, U.S. Treasury Secretary gives a media conference at the end of the G20 finace ministers meeting on November 7, 2009 in St Andrews, Scotland. G20 finance ministers have gathered in St Andrews for a G20 summit where they will discuss global economic stimulus packages and the cost of paying for climate change.
  10. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 02: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in the Oval Office of the White House November 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Currently holding the rotating European Union presidency, Reinfeldt is looking for a clear position from Obama on global warming before the December U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen.
  11. MOSCOW - NOVEMBER 2: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a joint press conference after Russian-Danish talks with Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen November 2, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Putin and Rasmussen in part discussed global warming policy ahead of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
  12. Jack Fusco, President and Chief Executive Officer, Calpine Corporation testifies before the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources full committee hearing on the role of natural gas in mitigating climate change on October 28, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  13. US President Barack Obama (R) tours the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center with Lewis Hay (2nd L), chairman and CEO of Florida Power and Light, and DeSoto plant construction manager Greg Bove on October 27, 2009 in Arcadia, Florida. Obama's Senate allies launched a major push behind sweeping legislation to battle climate change, with time running short before a high-stakes global summit in December. EDS NOTE: Corrects spelling and adds titles.
  14. AYR, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 27: Beef cattle are sold at an auction in Ayr on October 27, 2009 in Ayr, Scotland. Climate change campaigners have warned we must become vegetarians to help save the planet, research claims that raising livestock is harmful to the environment and that vegetation would thrive on any unused farmland.
  15. BERLIN - OCTOBER 24: Dr. Motte, founder of the Loveparade, plays music from an electric car for participants with 350 headphones at the silent climate parade on the International day of protest about global warming, October 24, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The logo 350 calls for a cut in carbon emissions to 350 parts per million (ppm). The protest marks 50 days until world leaders meet in Copenhagen to thrash out a new climate change treaty.
  16. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 16: School children view a watercolour by artist Jamie Hewlett, which he painted following a trip to Char Atra in Bangladesh, in Dray Walk Gallery on October 16, 2009 in London, England. A collection of nine works by Jamie Hewlett entitled 'Under Water Colours' were organised by the international development charity Oxfam and aim to highlight how climate change is affecting people around the world.

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