Rudd, Calderon Seek to Save Copenhagen Talks, Australian Says - Bloomberg.com

Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his Mexican counterpart Felipe Calderon have been at the center of a late bid to prevent the collapse of next month’s Copenhagen talks, the Australian newspaper said.

World leaders have agreed to a compromise deal on climate change aimed at salvaging next month’s international UN conference in Copenhagen, which scraps the 200-page draft agreement, the newspaper said.

The leaders have begun work on a plan B document of no more than 15 pages that would not be legally binding in which nations would agree to embrace emissions reductions conditional upon other nations adopting and meeting their own targets, the Australian said.

The Delayer in Chief? – Obama backs Copenhagen postponement « Watts Up With That?

Whether the hopes are fading or in “tatters”, it seems that the hope and climate change movement is falling apart.

Nov '08: Obama: “The science is beyond dispute… Delay is no longer an option"

[Planet savior Obama] Now is the time to confront this challenge once and for all. Delay is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response. The stakes are too high. The consequences, too serious.

Nov '09: Leaders Will Delay Agreement on Climate - NYTimes.com

SINGAPORE — President Obama and other world leaders have decided to put off the difficult task of reaching a climate change agreement at a global climate conference scheduled for next month, agreeing instead to make it the mission of the Copenhagen conference to reach a less specific “politically binding” agreement that would punt the most difficult issues into the future.