Climate Negotiators Face New ‘Ballgame’ After Durban, U.S. Says - Bloomberg

Negotiators on climate change won’t
resume “hard-core” talks for a least a year after this week’s
accord by developing nations to limit fossil-fuel emissions for
the first time, U.S. lead negotiator Todd Stern said.

Durban’s empty promises | FP Comment | Financial Post

These future promises, like the past promise of Kyoto, will likely collapse long before the parties will be called upon to deliver on them. In the meantime, backs can be patted all around.