Article W5KZ World leaders call for action at Paris climate talks –as it happened

World leaders call for action at Paris climate talks –as it happened

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Adam Vaughan and Emma Howard in London and Amanda
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195 countries and nearly 150 world leaders including Barack Obama and Xi Jinping meet in Paris for COP21 UN climate change conference

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Though world leaders have finished making their statements at today's session, protestors are out in London.

The Guardian's Emma Howard is at the scene:

Down at St Pancras in London a flashmob organised by Art COP21 is taking place in front of the Eurostar terminal where UK delegates leave for Paris.

First up is a performance from beatboxer Shlomo.

Katy Jetnil-Kijiner, teacher and poet from the Marshall Islands, a small island state threatened by sea rises recited 'Dear Matafele Peinem' a poem written for her daughter.

And a flashmob choir performed 'Kiss from a rose' outside St Pancras station, where delegates to COP21 are leaving for Paris

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