We are many people gathered in Copenhagen these days. They say that about 45 000 have accreditation to the meeting. But the resources to get people in seems to be closer to 450 than 45 000. People got stuck in the very bad organised line outside the Bella Center. And now they will not let more then a few of the NGO.s come in to the center. Today 7000 tomorrow maybe half that much and the last day, Friday, 90 persons!
The negotiations are more or less stuck which is more or less normal at meetings like this. Heads of states are flying the next days and they all looking for an opportunity to win some political credits from the world by putting a better offer on the table. And everybody wants to come close to Obama that will be here in the end of the week.
I am concerned over the lack of initiative from the Swedish EU presidency and the way they are attacking the developing countries for not accepting the bid from the industrial countries. The truth is that those with the best capacity to walk the low carbon path are the developed countries and they have to start and do their homework and then support the developing countries to take a leap over the carbon-step of development. There is a moral obligation to start were there is capacity to act and not first put the pressure on developing countries to act.
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