African Parliamentarians and members of African Civil Society groups joined representatives from US civil rights and environmental justice NGOs, including ChecktheWeather co-founder Kari Fulton, at a press conference Thursday from the Cop15 in Copenhagen to make an urgent appeal to US President Barack Obama calling for leadership on the issue of climate justice. The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, an alliance of civil society organizations in 43 countries across Africa delivered an urgent appeal to Obama as he prepares to receive the Nobel Peace Prize tonight in Norway. The full press conference to comen.

Photos from the Guardian, by PETER DEJONG/AP:

Coordinator Mithika Mwenda, left, and committee member Augustine Njamnshi, right, call upon the US president, Barack Obama, to take action at a press conference of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance

ChecktheWeather co-founder Kari Fulton, a leader in the US youth climate movement, cries as she delivers an emotional speech calling upon the US president, Barack Obama, to take action on climate change

via ChecktheWeather