UPDATE: Live webcast of the event can be viewed here: http://j.mp/GPRclosingLIVE

You all are an inspiration! Ever since the project submission deadline last month, our team has been mighty busy sorting through all the results, and let it be said that the work you all accomplished in just a few months time is truly extraordinary. From local foods to renewable energy, from administrative reports to Facebook pages -- you all worked incredibly hard these past weeks and months and created real and important change on your campuses. And it doesn’t stop there.

Perhaps one of the most beautiful elements of the Race was witnessing several campuses also begin to form cross-campus, even cross-border connections and community. We said from the beginning that GPR would be a friendly competition, but we never imagined just how many friendships might actually be forged in the process. And for this reason, we know that even though the Race is coming to a close this week in Cancun, Mexico, the movement will carry on.

But before we get too far ahead of ourselves, about Cancun...

As you may have heard, the UN climate negotiations are underway at in Cancun, Mexico. It is still unclear what to expect from those negotiations after the failed meetings last year in Copenhagen, Denmark -- but it is quite certain that China, India, and the United States all play an enormous role within the process. That is why we are holding the final ceremony for the Great Power Race there in Cancun this Thursday:

Please tune-in to the event, web-cast live online from 22:00 GMT - 22:30 GMT this Thursday, December 9th.

Information about how to view the web-cast will be here on the GPR blog as soon as possible. Video will be available afterwards as well. Other live times in different time-zones include...

In Beijing: 06:00 - 06:30 Friday, December 10th

In New Delhi: 02:30 - 03:00 Friday, December 10th

Easter US: 5:00 - 5:30 PM Thursday, December 9th

Pacific US: 2:00 - 2:30 PM Thursday, December 9th

Thanks for everyone’s patience as we sorted through the immense results from the Race, and stay tuned later this week to hear the results from the judges.