With the United Nations Climate Summit's end early Saturday came a non-binding pledge, where the largest nations' emissions cuts promised were significantly below what was hoped for, and a yearly fund was established to aid nations dealing with the effects of global warming.
I guess we'll just have to wait until the next climate meeting in Mexico in 2010 to see if any more progress will be made, including a binding treaty to ensure further and more substantial global carbon cutting agreements.
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This article appears in Dec 16-22, 2009.