This little widget, designed by a UNCA Alum, Asheville’s Drew Jones, and others, is the best visual representation of where we are now in the negotiations and how far we need to go that I’ve seen.

It’s the morning of Friday December 18th, the last day of the negotiations, and everyone seems to be feeling a little down as new documents appear that realize our worst fears about potential targets (limits at 3 degrees and 550ppm are ridiculous). NGOs with the rest of civil society here in Copenhagen have been relegated to reception halls and spacious rooms across Copenhagen to watch the plenary sessions and follow the negotiations from a distance.

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