Police detain 200 in crackdown on climate protest

DANISH police outnumbered protesters yesterday, detaining more than 200 people on a second day of demonstrations, as environment ministers met for informal talks to advance negotiations on a new pact.

Meanwhile, church bells in Denmark and other countries rang 350 times, a number that refers to what many scientists consider a safe level of carbon dioxide in the air.

Police stopped an unauthorised demonstration headed toward the city’s harbour and carried out a security check, Copenhagen police spokesman Flemming Steen Munch told reporters.