In the wake of the Paris attacks, French authorities canceled a mass march against climate change scheduled for this Sunday; 200,000 people were expected to take to the streets to call for a global deal to avert climate catastrophe. On Tuesday night in Paris, hundreds gathered at an emergency meeting to oppose France’s state of emergency, which prohibits demonstrations for three months. The attendees vowed to protest during the U.N. climate talks — known as the conference of the parties, or COP. One of the organizers, Christine Poupin, spoke to Democracy Now!

Christine Poupin: “My name is Christine Poupin, and I am spokesperson for the New Anticapitalist Party. The reason for this meeting tonight was to give a first response to the state of emergency, in particular to assert our capacity to resist and reflect, a response to the heavy weight imposed both by terrorism and the state of emergency. Talking about COP, this COP will have no positive outcome on the climate, because it will make no positive decision to limit the use of fossil fuels. But worse, it will also promote false solutions that will heavily burden the people.”

Tune in Monday as Democracy Now! begins our two weeks of live coverage from the Paris climate talks.