This just arrived in my inbox from May Boeve, policy coordinator at 350.org:

It’s been a wild day here inside the Bella Center–the tension and the drama are ratcheting up almost by the hour. The “350 language” has been in and out of the draft text of the agreement half a dozen times, and our allies are doing their best to keep it in. You should have seen President Nasheed this afternoon making the case in front of an auditorium packed with members of the global media.

As the policy coordinator for 350.org, I spend most of my time lobbying–waiting in the hallways for meetings to end so I can speak to delegates and ministers as they walk to their next session. And what I hear, over and over again, is “You’ve changed the mood of the meeting.” The relentless case you’ve made for the science of 350 has been extraordinarily effective–and it got a remarkable boost over the weekend from the thousands of vigils around the world.

In DC, Avaaz built a giant ark, which they called “Plan B.” The ark evokes the great flood with which billions around the world identify. It signifies the scale of calamity that climate change poses to communities across the globe and also represents hope for survival if world leaders take bold, ambitious, and immediate action. While hundreds of thousands of people were taking action across the world, activists gathered outside the Capitol to discuss the urgent need for “Plan A” – a fair, ambitious, and binding global climate treaty.

350.org just came out with another beautiful video from the worldwide vigils this Saturday. Take a look:

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