If you've been following the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen you know it's been quite a soap opera, as are most news events these days.
The short version: It opened with the controversy of the leaked e-mails hanging over them. Global warming disbelievers naturally tried to hang onto the controversy to discredit the concept. Then news of a proposal being surreptitiously shared by the Danish hosts caused representatives that weren't included to suspect a coup was being planned without including eveyone.
Yesterday riots caused a temporary halt of the proceedings and disagreement over how to handle the fund being developed threatened to end in a stalemate.
Today China agreed to join the negotiations and the issues of the funding are being discussed more reasonably. There are concerns that the agreements will not result in the desired 2 C (3.6 F) reduction however.
Here's some detail on the latest on the BBC. President Obama stops in tomorrow. Stay tuned for the next episode - and cross your fingers it's a positive one!
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