White House Confirms Obama Will Head to Copenhagen - Environmental Capital - WSJ

Asked about the political risk of going to Copenhagen but failing to deliver a meaningful agreement, Mr. Gibbs said it would be better to get nothing than ink an “empty” deal. “Coming back with an empty agreement is far worse than coming back empty handed,” he said.

Once more with Fielding, find him a scientist – Crikey

Pity the friendly folk at the American Geophysical Union who organised 650 climate scientists to volunteer to assist journalists covering the Copenhagen climate talks through an on-call email service … only about 20 journalists have bothered to write in (more than 3500 journalists are here reporting on the conference).

The Climate Pool: Der Spiegel: Merkel's reputation as "climate [hoax] chancellor" is at stake | Facebook

The German-language online version of Spiegel news magazine based in Hamburg says the success or failure of the deadlocked climate conference could have significant repercussions for Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The Climate Pool: Sleep now a precious commodity | Facebook

Around the Bella Center, you can see faces with the colour and consistency of putty, whose glazed skin, red eyes and cracked voice reflect more than 10 days of accumulated sleep deficit.
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Having the future of the planet determined by men and women on the brink (or beyond) of nervous exhaustion, with the expectations of 6.8 billion on their shoulders, is cause to give many people outside the Bella Center a sleepless night.

Copenhagen diaries: Observers kept out of final hours - Short Sharp Science - New Scientist

The TV images of minor riots do not portray the scale of anger among people excluded from the conference this week.
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Of those 300 still allowed in today, just 154 are from the main environment NGOs like WWF and Greenpeace. WWF brought 150 people here, and Greenpeace about 250. You can see they might be upset. There are a lot of angry people on the snow-covered streets of Copenhagen who made hotel and flight bookings on the basis of a false promise that they could come to the conference.