 In response activists said that the urgency of responding to potential extreme climate change did indeed provide sufficient justification.The camp was set up on 18 August in the grounds of The Royal Bank of Scotland Headquarters, Gogarburn, near Edinburgh, to protest against the banks involvement in financing environmentally damaging activities, particularly Canadian Tar Sands and ran until 25 August.The organisers took the site the day before the publicly announced date, in order to avoid the police.