CLIMATE CHANGE: Durban or bust - the Trans-African Caravan of Hope
KAMPALA,
2 December 2011
(IRIN) -
Brandishing a plea for developed countries to make good their promises to reduce carbon emissions, 300 farmers, youths and activists took the scenic route to the COP17 conference in Durban, travelling more than 7,000km from Burundi in 17 days, through 10 eastern and southern African countries, aboard a convoy of buses draped in various national flags.
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