Nikki was handed a slip of paper containing the instructions to gather under the big spider at 1:30 pm as seen in the picture here. We arrived a bit early and tried to get set up and we immediately noticed the very large security presence. The hall was ablaze with ideas of what will take place. The hoards of media started jockeying for position as more security officers arrived.
Security forces line up before the protests
As you can see, by 1:00 pm there were 6 armed UN security forces, 8 members of a private security team, and 6 QNCC security forces. However, by 1:15 pm the security forces ballooned to 34 by my count with over 16 QNCC guards circling the spider. By about 1:30 pm we were starting to receive instructions. There will be a sing event for the climate. A picture of the lyrics is available below.
Lyrics for the climate song
The crowd erupted in a chorus of singing for the Earth. After the singing was complete, several leaders lead the crowd in chants, such as “Don’t Back Down.”
Perhaps, more interesting was the array of youth carrying signs throughout the hall. As you can see many of them directly question the US actions here.
Two youth protest the previous day's events involving two you getting ejected from COP
A youth is protesting US actions here in Doha
All of the Non-governmental organizations (me) are starting to close down and head out. The only thing that is left is to await the final press briefings. Over the last few days, many of the developed nations have cancelled all of their press conferences so we are eagerly awaiting the final results. I will keep everyone posted if anything exciting happens into tonight.
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