Scorched

 

The floor plan for the 15th meeting of all the signatory countries of the Kyoto Protocol (well, they meet more regularly than that, but the big, annual Congress of the Parties, COP, meetings are the ones which really make a dent on the calendar). Two years ago, at Bali, they decided that December 09 would be THE year to clinch the deal. So this is where it’ll all happen. Seal the deal, they hope. What deal? The global agreement that’ll try to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions at a level that will avoid dangerous climate change.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Here we are, going over the layout of the building so that when we step into the Bella Centre (after staggering here from the train station, nearby, in sub zero temperatures) we don’t feel too overwhelmed by the throng of scientists, NGOs, government officials and press.