The Climate Justice Convergence Centre was organised by the Durban Group with partners to run parallel to the COP11 talks in montreal in late 2005. The centre was a space where the voices of those struggling against oil and coal extraction, refineries, pollution ‘offset’ projects, a destabilized climate, oil wars and all the other effects of fossil fuel dependence were heard. Photo-exhibitions, films, speakers and workshops examined issues ranging from energy use to tree plantations to the World Bank, the G8, carbon trading, nuclear power and genetic engineering.

Organizers: The Durban Group for Climate Justice, Sierra Youth, Energy Action, Indigenous Environment Network, Environmental Justice Climate Change Initiative, FERN, Transnational Institute, Global Justice Ecology Project, The Corner House, Sustainable Energy & Economy Network/ Institute for Policy Studies, Chesapeake Climate Action Network