Right now heads of state from around the world are sitting in a conference centre in Copenhagen deciding the fate of the planet. This is the culmination of many months of hopes, prayers and above all hard work from millions of activists around the world. We’ve written, we’ve marched, we’ve debated, some of us have even been arrested and now we wait. While we wait all around the world we are holding a vigil of HOPE – a hope that our leaders will follow where we the people have shown the way. A hope that they will reach a fair, ambitious and binding deal at Copenhagen, a deal that will reduce emissions around the world and prevent dangerous temperature rises and the catastrophic results that would ensue.

This vigil also marks the end of the Climate Justice fast – in the spirit of real leaders past such as Gandhi, thousands of people have gone without food during the Copenhagen climate conference to convey their message to those inside making decisions. Over the last two days as the crunch point in negotiations approaches they have been joined by many more from all around the world, and we are here showing our solidarity. The candles represent the thousands from across India who could not be here today but joined us online to keep the heat on the politicians for a real deal.

If you’re in Delhi, join us now at Jantar Mantar from now until negotiations finish.