EurActiv.com - MEP [talks as if he realizes that Copenhagen will be a "failure"]

[the newly-elected chair of the European Parliament's environment committee, German Social Democrat MEP Jo Leinen] Our engagement for climate protection should be independent from Copenhagen. If Copenhagen is a success, all the better; if not, we have to stick to our job.

The climate package was not conditional on results in Copenhagen. It was a self-evident challenge to meet and would not stop climate protection even if Copenhagen does not bring results.
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It is true that we have an ideological shift to the right, but politically I think that climate protection is fashionable, also for bourgeois society and bigger parts of the industry.

We have also shifted the understanding and the interest of more businesses, which see the new climate package as a chance for profits, new investments and new markets.

If Only We Would Lead, Right? - Drew Thornley - Planet Gore on National Review Online

Fresh on the heels of China's assuring U.S. climate-change envoy Todd Stern that it will not follow suit if the U.S. mandates drastic cuts in CO2 emissions, Hillary Clinton hears the same from India

April '09: Obama: U.S. to lead on climate so China, India follow | Green Business | Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States would "lead by example" in combating climate change so that developing nations such as India and China would follow suit.

Views on Fueling an Energy Quest - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

Dr. Hargadon also criticizes assertions that imposing a rising cost on carbon-dioxide emissions or increasing federal money for basic research — in isolation — would be sufficient to drive the wave of innovation needed to transform the energy system.