#COP16 log from Thursday, Day Four: Scrounging power and wifi

Wake at 5.30am, breakfast at 6.45. Yesterday it was cloudy and there were frequent rain showers, none on me, today it has cleared. At 7.30am, catch the bus to Cancunmesse (25 mins), during which I read the Earth Negotiations Bulletin, downloaded before my departure, and sift through emails from the CAN-talk mailing list. 7.50 Grab the UNFCCC daily programme (36 pages) while passing through the Cancunmesse, to catch the connecting bus to the Moon Palace. At 8.30, meet with a representative of a big US Christian organisation to discuss possibilities for shifting the climate politics of US Christian communities. Collar a member of the SA delegation and get invited to a delegation briefing at 7pm. Circulate the invitation to civil society colleages. At 11pm, help out Earthlife Africa by chairing the launch of their research report on SA’s petrochemical giant: “Sasol – Profits from Poison”. This morning, 14 of their activists were illegally arrested while protesting the IRP 2010 SA electricity planning process in Midrand near Johannesburg. 11.30 Share with a fellow South African journalist my ignorance of the COP process, and my greater knowledge of the IRP 2010.

12pm: Scrounge power and wifi from vending machine plug embarrassingly close