2009-08-29/Copenhagen base for climate flashmob trial run
By Michael de Laine, The Copenhagen Voice, 29 August 2009
Copenhagen was today the base for a trial run of an international climate flashmob to be held on 21 September.
Town Hall Square was the venue today when an organisation called Tck Tck Tck held a trial run of a climate flashmob – a fun, peaceful demonstration in which participants arrive separately at a prominent location, blending in with the crowd
Having gathered together in front of Copenhagen’s town hall, some 40 people all tried to call the Prime Minister’s Office on their mobile phones. But Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen was not in the office and the many calls resulted in ‘line busy’ signals. Those who did get through reported that the answering machine said the office was closed for the day.
Tck Tck Tck wanted to urge Rasmussen to lead the way to a fair, ambitious, and binding treaty at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen in December, COP15.
This was the forerunner of a global wake-up call to politicians on 21 September that will remind the world’s political leaders of the necessity of reaching agreement.