Still in the Dark in Denmark

In the weeks and months leading up to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Copenhagen, expectations ran high that the meeting would produce a concrete emissions-reduction framework to replace that of the Kyoto Protocol. As the discussions progress, it becomes more apparent that a resolution may not be forthcoming. With the first of two weeks of the IPCC coming to an end, the consensus on climate change is now under siege and hopes for the current session have been scaled back to yielding just a political basis for future negotiations (mind your pockets, taxpayers).  The divide between developed and developing countries has emerged as a dominant theme: while the two groups generally agree on the need for a massive reduction in worldwide carbon dioxide  (CO2) emissions, the impasse has not surprisingly been on the most critical question; who will pay for it? Download here