Here is an interesting link about what its like in the Bella Center from BBC. It is a bit pessimistically British (sorry Maddy) at times, but illustrates the overwhelming size of this conference. The food is great and getting through security is a breeze.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8407760.stm
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I am not sure that (in this situation) the pessimism derives from being British. OK so we may have pessimistic tendencies but this guy sounds like a bit of an idiot full stop.
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I am mainly outraged by this article for the fact he didn't mention the vegans dressed up in chicken costumes that are camped out outside the entrance gates distributing literature entitled 'Birds In My Life', a publication that has no relevance to climate change whatsoever.
Respect to them though - for such small asian women, they're actually much hardier than any of the other activists I have seen outside the Bella Centre.
Check out this report which says similar things but most importantly DOES mention www.suprememasterTV.com:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/dec/11/copenhagen-climate-change