Cancun, It's looking hopefull

It's 12:30 am (Saturday) and negotiations are still going on. COP President Espinosa presented a draft text which seems to address most of the concerns of the parties and has held 2 informal meetings so far. At the meeting that was suspended at midnight every country except Bolivia congratulated her on producing such a fair text. The mood is much better than it was earlier today. No one expected an agreement that would be acceptable to nearly everyone. There are working groups in progress to see if they can persuade Bolivia to come on board. It would be a shame if one country (and one that has been so passionate an advocate for mitigating climate change) were to be the one standout that caused this conference to fail.

We have to leave at 3 am by the latest to get to the hotel by 4:30 at the latest to get a taxi to the airport. I hope we make it!