Posted by Julie-Anne Richards

The meeting's inaugural Fossil of the Day was awarded today. And, no surprises, Australia won first and third prizes! The Fossil of the Day is awarded for countries behaving badly (see www.fossiloftheday.org for more info), and Australia behaved very badly yesterday by comparing the Australian vulnerability to climate change to the vulnerability of Africa and the Pacific Nations. Has the Australian delegation realised that they are not from a developing country? Perhaps they're not across the fact that Africa faces massive drought and desertification as a result of climate change - which could result in mass famines. Or, perhaps they haven't heard that the Pacific Islands risk losing their entire countries to climate change! The Australian delegation need to visit CANA's website www.cana.net.au/socialimpacts to see the severe impacts that climate change will have on these regions.

Australia also won a joint third place fossil of the day, for insisting (with Saudi Arabia) that the negotiations should finish at 6pm on the dot (clockwatchers!), and then droning on and on with their intervention AFTER 6pm.

The funds for adaptation were talked about today. Unfortunately, less than 10% of the money that will be needed to help developing countries cope with climate change has been committed. And Australia has committed a big, fat doughnut. Yes $0.

The Kyoto countries had an all day session on what the new targets for developed countries should be, for the next commitment period. The EU talked about the need to keep climate climate below 2^oC - otherwise we will face dangerous climate change.

Note: the above is the opinion of Julie-Anne Richards, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Climate Action Network.