Today was a big day. I met with the head of the Canadian delegation, Michael Martin, just a few minutes ago, to deliver the packet of photos from Canada, as well as a giant print out of the beautiful mountain shot from Canmore:
Then, earlier this morning, a team of US, Chinese, and German youth met with a representative from the US Congressional delegation here in Barcelona, from the office of Senator William Kaufman from Delaware. We expressed a similar message in both meetings: now that civil society has spoken, why are the US and Canada still holding on to weak goals? It was encouraging to see how knowledgeable both representatives were about 350 and about the actions taken in their area. One thing is clear: this is exactly the message they need to be hearing.
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