The Durban Outcome: End of CBDR? « Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy

In sum: As an institution, the UN climate framework has faced existential questions about its meaning and utility since at least Copenhagen, in 2009.  It’s far from perfect, or good, or probably even adequate, but it’s the most sophisticated international climate communication network we have.  The amount of effort poured into workgroups, subsidiary bodies, contact groups, strategy sessions, reportings, side events, main events, and press events is astounding.  It was hard to walk down the conference center halls and not say a green prayer that all that effort would lead somewhere good.  [I bet I could do it.]

Canada's Approach to Inconvenient Art - NYTimes.com

I’m sure some readers will note that no one is limiting her rights to free speech, just her sources of income. 

Jim Hopkins: Don't fret, global warming's a goner - Environment - NZ Herald News

Global warming has left the building.

Where once there were hundreds of horror stories, a daily dose of frightening features, a nightly stack of belching chimneys on the telly (mainly belching steam, in truth, but they still looked really scary) we've now got, well, (nervous cough, awkward shuffle) ummm, sweet Fanny Adams, to be frank. There has been a trickle of terror but, by and large, the who