This post first appeared in Plan C - http://planc.typepad.com/plan-c/  in December.  Nick Kettles is a freelance journalist and broadcaster – www.nickkettles.co.uk

The recriminations for the failure of the Copenhagen Climate Change summit to deliver a more robust deal on CO2 reductions are continuing in earnest.  Ed Miliband has, like President Obama, blamed China.  Environmental commentator George Monbiot has in turn blamed the US Senate.  Someone, somewhere will definitely be blaming Canada.  They always do.

Yet, it’s possible that the real reasons are far less obvious, than the current identity parade suggests.