Greenpeace chief locked out of UN climate meet amid protests

Hours after sharing a podium at 196-nations climate talks with Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, the head of Greenpeace International found herself locked out of the building Wednesday along with hundreds of other observers ejected from the talks.

Jennifer Morgan, who has been attending the troubled UN negotiations for 25 years, said the expulsion was without precedent.

"This afternoon there was a peaceful protest outside of the plenary," Morgan told AFP.

"The protesters were abruptly and roughly moved out of the building. When I tried to get back in I found that the security had closed access to all observers."
"When we are not in the building, we are not able to do that."
"They cannot think that just because they are keeping us out of the building that we will not hold them accountable for what happens inside."