Well, it’s clear that Copenhagen didn’t achieve what was hoped.  It probably never could, given the lack of any emissions legislation in the US and the game-playing between developed and developing nations (for which read US and China).
So, setting aside the recriminations, what did happen?  Here’s the potted explanation of what was/wasn’t achieved:
• There is [...]

As a reminder of why Copenhagen is important, some bad news from the last couple of weeks:
- According to a report called ‘The Federal Energy Domain’ from FedSources, US federal government energy consumption is set to rise from $21.2bn in fiscal 2009 to $28.8bn in 2010, a 36% increase.  A major driver is war spending, [...]

The meeting
The 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) starts today and runs until December 18th.  Around 10,000 people representing almost 200 countries will descend on Copenhagen with the intention of thrashing out an agreement that will take over when the Kyoto Protocol comes to an end in 2012.
Kyoto, you may recall, set binding [...]