The deadline has passed for countries to submit CO2-reduction targets under the new climate accord. Here's the verdict BY DAVID ROBERTS | Foreign Policy | FEBRUARY 4, 2010 NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images The international climate talks in Copenhagen last December were generally regarded as a disappointment, if not an outright failure. The frenzied final hours of negotiation had an air of farce, with heads of state pursuing one another through hallways and conference rooms. In the end,... [Read Post]
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