SURELY 110 GOVERNMENTS CAN FINE-TUNE THE PLANET, EH?::

Poor nations threaten climate deal showdown at Copenhagen summit (John Vidal, Jonathan Watts and Suzanne Goldenberg, 12/13/09, guardian.co.uk)

The showdown between rich and poor countries came as ministers began arriving in Copenhagen to take over negotiations. However, negotiators failed to reach agreement in key areas such as emission cuts, long-term finance and when poor countries should start to reduce emissions.

More than 110 heads of state, mainly from developing countries, are due to begin arriving on Thursday for an intense 24 hours of final negotiations.

Delegates hope for a deal on Friday that will ensure temperatures do not rise by more than 2C...

So we're all safe if it's 1.99?

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 13, 2009 8:12 PM