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It's such a crazy feeling being here at the moment - it's hard to imagine being part of a more tense, complicated or consequential situation. Here's some quick updates and reflections.
The good news - 100 countries for 350!
The last three days have seen all sorts of things going on.
Last night we were at the 350 Art space, where the team have been flat out preparing for the massive climate demonstration through Copenhagen to the Bella Centre tomorrow. 30,000 people are expected, and over half the Danish police force will be joining us. Check out the tour of the 350 Art space here (video taken by Emily Dowding-Smith also from 350 Aotearoa, who has come for a visit from where she is studying in Budapest):
I’ve seen the number 350 a lot this weekend, but particularly on people’s t-shirts and at the tip of their tongues. It’s Sunday night and the Conference of Youth has just ended. About 500 young people from just about any country imaginable – Nicaragua, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Barbados, Fiji and of course
Hi - Just a quickie to let you know I am here in the throngs of 20,000 maniacs at COP15.
The hours are long, it’s cold outside and boiling inside, and some delegates speak English but some none at all.
Regardless, we’ve been brought together as a result of climate change. People from all walks of life, no matter their race or their religion, are now working together. Their ages also don’t matter, since children as a group will be facing the effects climate change when the leaders of today are lying cold in the ground.