Cop15 diary week two: protests, pleas and a little bit of progress

Our reporters give you the inside story on what’s happening at the biodiversity summit in Montreal

Friday, 16 December

• As the flocons fell on Montreal, two officers of the SPVM, the city police, were busy making a miniature snowman outside the Palais des congrès security barricade, using twigs for arms. A few others amused themselves poking gentle Quebecois fun at some of the out-of-country delegates arriving in inappropriate footwear. As they say, there’s no such thing as bad weather, just breathable trainers.