penultimate day

penultimate dayは、以前、扱いましたが、「最後から2番目の」という意味でしたね。アップするのが送れて、実際にはもう終わってしまいましたが…。（UG）
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/A30/20101118/1290090558

Climate talks in trouble as green groups walk out

Exasperated green groups walked out of faltering U.N. climate talks in Warsaw on Thursday as rich and poor nations bickered about who must do what to curb planet warming.

Negotiators were at loggerheads on the penultimate day of talks over divvying up responsibility for cutting greenhouse-gas emissions and scaling up aid to poor states vulnerable to climate change effects.

In a dramatic flourish, six environment and development groups walked out, saying the annual round of talks had delivered little more than hot air since opening on Nov 11.
“The Warsaw climate conference, which should have been an important step in the just transition to a sustainable future, is on track to deliver virtually nothing,” said a statement announcing the groups’ decision to “voluntarily withdraw”.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/climate-talks-in-trouble-as-green-groups-walk-out