Suspended negotiations give delegates time to blog

I've just found the lounging area behind the Tycho Brahe plenary and despite the many delegation meetings going on, this is the place to be if you need a break from the hustle and bustle. Proof [7] : many delegates seem to come here for quick cat naps.

Negotiations are suspended just now. Tuvalu is trying to enforce a legal and transparent process, in order for a legally binding outcome to come out of COP15, which is getting the support of the G-77/China but is being blocked by others, namely the U.S. and Australia. This "break" notwithstanding, things have been happening furiously fast.

Moey Newbold, a youth from the Cascade Climate Network, spoke [8] in one of the plenaries to deliver a youth adaptation intervention; international youth held a "thunderstorm action" just this afternoon (will post link asap) ; CYD's very own and very fabulous Taryn MacKenzie-Mohr delivered a stirring statement [9] at this morning's Canadian Delegation NGO briefing/Q&A session ; this statement was inspired by an action [10] that happened yesterday in support of Tuvalu, a small Polynesian island nation that walked out of negotiations. It was truly stunning to see youth, a truly international youth body, rally together to support small island states. And last but not least, we (the CYD) also got together with a banner and a few hundred copies of a fresh off the press Climate Action Network report [11] to tell [12]the Canadian government to "stop tarring Canada's image" [13].

I'm officially late for a meeting. More to come.