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.

It’s possible that Copenhagen failed for the simple reason that none of the delegates from the 192 countries represented, were truly able to represent the interests of the earth.  Even if the delegates were genuinely concerned about the facts of climate change, that doesn’t mean they were deeply concerned for the continuity of all life on earth.