Seems like old times: Will 2009, like 1992, be about a "framework" agreement?

Reuters AlertNet - Leaders "can't afford" failed deal at Copenhagen

LONDON (AlertNet) - Negotiations in Copenhagen aimed at producing a new global climate treaty are unlikely to result in a "complete agreement, signed, sealed and delivered" in December, a global legislative pressure group warned Tuesday.

But if enough pressure can be exerted on leaders and legislators in coming weeks to "make everyone feel they can't afford to be part of a failed deal," then at least a framework agreement will likely emerge, officials of the London-based group said.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC) is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992. The treaty is aimed at stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.