The plenary negotiations are suspended as nations work feverishly to find a way forward with 4 to 6 nations opposing the rest of the world, all of the other countries want to proceed with the deal to enable action. President Nasheed of the Maldives is passionately imploring others to come together in support of a deal. The countries in opposition: Sudan, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador -- with Tuvalu and Saudi Arabia apparently saying they want consensus -- oppose the process by which the draft accord was developed. Given the document includes a prompt start to funding of $30B 2010-2012 ramping up to $100B by 2020, includes a "less than 2 degrees C" target for emission reductions with a review in 2015 to potentially lower it to 1.5 degrees C (the target the most vulnerable nations want), is the opposition to process worth delaying action even more? Doesn't the science compel us to act as urgently as possible, to get going immediately? Lawyers are working to see what is possible, to move forward without complete consensus, while also ensuring the deal has the weight of the UNFCCC process behind it to hold countries to their commitments, to ensure action is taken as a result of the Copenhagen agreement. I hope we are able to reach a deal, so we can all move forward with a feeling of near, if not total, global agreement on the urgency of this challenge, with action in the US Congress to follow quickly, unleashing private investment and creativity and efforts by all of us. The Copenhagen process requires us to consider a reevaluation, a restructuring of our existing institutions and political systems, and whether they are up to the task of taking on climate change. But now, today, we need to act. It is long past time.