Last week the Sandbag team ventured over to Bonn Germany to attend the most recent UN climate change negotiations leading up to Copenhagen and to drum up some attention for our power sector campaign.

This was my first taste of one of these events, and I was amazed at the hurricane of activity which surrounded the place. The sprawling Maritim hotel complex was crawling with national delegates, pressure groups, businesspeople and media.

Every inch of carpet was covered with people typing furiously at their laptops, and we were no exception – when we weren’t cornering delegates in the corridors, we were busy crunching data for the Climate Action Network or busily preparing for our own side event.