Lowered Expectations
Now that the Copenhagen talks look likely to fail, it is safe for President Obama to go.
The upcoming Copenhagen climate-change summit has been on the minds of environmentalists for more than a year; not since Kyoto in 1997 have climate discussions garnered as much international attention. And this time, with growing knowledge of the effects of climate change, the stakes are higher. The internationally respected economist and climate-change researcher Nicholas Stern labeled Copenhagen "the most important meeting since the Second World War." ... Full Story »
Posted by Fabrice Florin - via Newsweek
