WHAT does the future hold after The Hague debacle? The talks are now
technically suspended and will resume in Bonn next year, at another round of
meetings scheduled for the last week of May. By then, however, the political
landscape will have changed irreversibly and many doubt whether even the
“deal-that-almost-was” will survive the hiatus.
Politicians came close on a number of deals; a promise by the Russians to
invest proceeds from the sales of unwanted pollution permits into clean energy,
a commitment by industrialised countries not to claim carbon credits for
investing in nuclear power in the developing world;…
