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Climate activists take to social media for Paris summit, but who are they reaching?

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imageShoes in Place de la Republique - Climate of Peace #climat2paix. Photo taken by John Englart in Paris on November 29.Takver/flickr, CC BY-SA

With public demonstrations banned at the COP21 conference on climate change in Paris, climate activists are taking to social media to get out their message on climate justice.

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