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Registration trouble

The negotiations resumed on Monday morning. A very large crowd of new participants who had arrived in Copenhagen for the second week took many by surprise. Even those who had already registered were forced to stand in line outside the conference center for up to an hour to get through security. Those unfortunate participants without badges, however, found themselves much worse off. They had to spent between six to eight hours in registration lines - before being ultimately asked to return to their hotels.

It was claimed that the total number of people requesting accreditation had hit more than 40,000, thus far exceeding the 15,000 capacity of the Bella Center. Due to the large number of participants, limits will be placed on the amount of observers allowed to access the Bella Center from Tuesday onwards. With the high-level segment set to begin on Wednesday, increasingly strict restrictions will be introduced throughout the week and, according to unconfirmed reports, only 90 observers will be allowed in the conference center on Friday.

Unfortunately one member of our team was also not possible to join the conference.

Side event on "The automobile industry and CO2 - The road ahead"

Today, the global auto makers hosted a seminar at the COP15 climate change conference in Copenhagen dedicated to CO2-reduction solutions in road transport, putting the spotlight on real-life examples involving technologies as well as transportation planners and users/consumers.

The panel discussion was moderated by Bjorn Stigson, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).

For more information and to download the presentations see: http://drivingsustainability.com/presentations/