The climate divide? And Copenhagen bursting at the seams

It’s not hard to understand the frustration of the developing countries who have been boycotting some of the Copenhagen sessions to try to pressure the industrialised world into committing to binding emissions limits. We all know who’s been spouting out the greenhouse gases – and who is going to be hardest hit, or even already suffering most.
Meanwhile, the conference organisers are having trouble getting participants into the conference venue. It seems 45,000 peole have applied to participate – three times more than the actual capacity, according to the UNFCCC. If a record number of negotiators, ngos, journalists etc. attending were a guarantee of success, Copenhagen would have to be the best conference ever. If…