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Today I participated in a march for climate change of 100,000 people. I started downtown from Parliament square and went all the way to the Bella centre, a distance of many, many kilometers. Toronto Mayor David Miller marched with Canadian youth and we were able to chat with him and get some great photos. There are no negotiations tomorrow and we have just learned that the UNFCCC secretariat will be limiting NGO presence at COP by as much as 70%, which will mean that only a few Sierra Club team members will be able to get into the Bella Centre. Things are about to get much more tense both inside COP as heads of state and high level politicians arrive, and outside the centre as protests heat up. I also learned that Environment Minister Jim Prentice has arrived. On Monday I’ll be meeting with the Nova Scotia government and other Nova Scotian delegates to discuss the role my province can play in the negotiations. In general, things have progressed very slowly, and some say not at all. Things are really going to have to pick up speed here even we’re even going to get a “political agreement” out of COP 15