Negotiations here in Copenhagen are at a critical stage. Prof. is in the Bella Center today following and conferring about the delegations’ deliberations (and headed to the BBC for a “climate debate” in the afternoon). Time is running out here for a deal—a strong, binding agreement. Some say that it won’t happen. Sure, something will come out of Copenhagen, they suggest. But it may be insufficient to address the realities and pressures of the climate crisis. However, these observer say, it will be sold as a success to the world. Some good news: it appears that REDD with financing will be part in the final agreement. However, all the details aren’t clear yet. Will it be REDD+? How much funding? How much monitoring? How much real equity? Those questions, and others, are in the balance here in snow-bound Copenhagen as the clock ticks on the climate summit.

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