EurActiv.com - UN climate chief downgrades hopes for post-Kyoto treaty

If no agreement is reached by the UN negotiating parties in Copenhagen, de Boer confirmed that it will be up to the Danes, ahead of the high-level segment at the end of the conference, to decide how to take the process forward.

Although no-one wants to talk about a 'Plan B', speculation is rife that the Danes are preparing a compromise text that would see the light should all other attempts to reach a deal fail.

EurActiv.com - EU summit to back 95% emissions reduction goal

EU's climate leadership a hoax?

However, the EU's self-acclaimed leadership on climate change came under fire from Sandbag, a UK-based campaign group, which said the 2020 pledge was essentially a hoax. "Far from leading the world with ambitious reduction targets, the EU is hiding behind clever accounting and in fact pledging to do very little," the group said.

Climate change laws 'flawed': Australian MP

Mr Slipper said the scheme “represents a tax grab” whose introduction would be an “unmitigated disaster” for the economy and trigger considerable price rises and job losses.

He accused the Rudd Government of selfishly using the climate change issue as a political tool, without regard to the impact on the lives of everyday Australians.

EPW Climate Hearings Day 2: Roundup

Today, Sen. Boxer cited a CNN poll claiming 60% support cap-and-trade. But the poll is misleading: it made no mention of the costs and economic burdens of cap-and-trade on consumers.

- As the Republican Policy Committee noted, "The CNN poll, however, simply asked respondents whether they supported cap-and-trade, with no mention of any costs."

- When Americans are made aware of the costs of cap-and-trade, the picture looks quite different. Again, here's RPC: "A Rasmussen poll found that 56% of respondents would not pay anything to fight global warming. Only 21% would pay $100 a year more.