With only 3 days left till the end of the conference, negotiators spent a sleepless night to arrive at a new set of text to be adopted as a potential agreement. The AWG-LCA presented their outcomes at 7AM - however, much of the text was still "bracketed" and attached with various addendums - leaving a lot of uncertainty over issues of key importance, such as reduction targets for developed countries, and the amount of support to be provided to developing countries to allow mitigation actions in those countries.
Today's program focused on the speeches of heads of state. One of the most impressive inputs was given from the President of the Maldives. The plenary was crowded and people were stopping in front of TV screens and listened to the call for action for future generations and stopping climate change. Mr. Mohamed Nasheed referred to the trip to the moon and stated that if people really want to act they are able to develop solutions. In his speech he also referred to the transport sector by saying that people do not want oil but being mobile and he encouraged developed and developing countries to seal the deal here in Copenhagen and limit climate change to 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels.
In the afternoon, ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability) held a side event with a number of majors calling for action on climate change and integrating cities as they are part of the solutions and ready to act. Presentations are not uploaded yet but we will add as soon as they become available. In the meantime you may want to watch a press conference of local governments. This 20 minutes include statements of the majors of Mexico City, Nantes and Johannesburg: