Climate deal unlikely this year

Climate deal 'unlikely' this year
By Richard BlackEnvironment correspondent, BBC News website, Barcelona

The UK government says it is highly unlikely that a new legally binding climate treaty can be agreed this year - and a full treaty may be a year away.Two years ago, the world's governments vowed to finalise a new treaty at next month's climate summit in Copenhagen.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8345501.stm

The delegates appear to be disputing over money and who should pay. Interesting.

The have-nots who wish to exploit natural resources left over from colonialism want the rich countries to pay them for not following their example.

There is a precedent in the US and UK , for example, of paying people with resources not to use them. This is in the form of farm subsidies and payment to leave land fallow.

Rome is burning while they fiddle.

Of course there will be wining and dining regardless whether anything is decided. And, we can be sure, regardless of the hot air, the media will report significant success.

By the way, does anyone know what a "politically binding" agreement is?
Sounds like a really rare bird to me.

I would have thought 2 years was enough to knock out an agreement if the actors were really serious, of course.

This reminds me of a saying: Oh God, please grant me celibacy, but not yet.