Photo: Hair cut off by German climate activists seen in the gutter, in a protest at the venue of the Copenhagen Climate Summit Friday Dec. 18, 2009.

Gutless, yes. But the planet's future is no priority of ours | Polly Toynbee | Comment is free | The Guardian

But enough people have to want to change how they live and spend to make it happen. So far they don't, not by a long chalk. What would it take? A tidal wave destroying New York maybe – New Orleans was the wrong people – with London, St Petersburg and Shanghai wiped out all at once. But cataclysms will come too late for action. Just pray for a scientific wonder or that Lord Stern is right and the market can fix it, as green technology becomes more profitable than oil and coal. As things stand, politics has not enough heft nor authority. It would take a political miracle to save us now.

Copenhagen: the sweet sound of exploding watermelons – James Delingpole - Telegraph Blogs

I take it all back. Copenhagen was worth it, after all – if only for the sphincter-bursting rage its supposed failure has caused among our libtard watermelon chums. (That’s watermelon, as in: green on the outside, red on the inside).

Scenes from a Climate [Swindle] Floor Fight - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

The public scene in the plenary, leading up to the private meeting and the consensus to “take note” of the accord, is recorded in the conference minutes below, which provide a window on the “wild roller coaster ride” described by Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary General for Policy and Planning.

Die Klimazwiebel: Assessing the failure

US domestic politics thus seems the real battleground if global agreements are to have any future. However, it may be counterproductive to wait for such a move to occur.
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I am under no illusion that many will want to persevere on the path they have been taking for so long.