Why Sydney?

A jem from Australia today about protestors who say that the forums there wont do anything to stop global warming...

GREEN groups are preparing to protest outside a climate-change conference in Sydney, arguing the forum will do nothing to halt global warming.

But environmentalists insist their protests will be peaceful and they will not blockade the city hotel where the international conference is due to take place this week.

Prime Minister John Howard will host the first meeting of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, which begins in Sydney on Wednesday.

So why did they chose Sydney? Because they couldn't find a parka in Japan, or any of the rest of Asia for that matter...