Carbon Roundup Special Edition: Countdown to Copenhagen

Copenhagen climate change summit: The issues (guardian.co.uk)

A thoughtful, straightforward intro to the less-than-straightforward issues on the table in Copenhagen in under a month.

What are the prospects for a Copenhagen deal?
Negotiations held last week in Barcelona were grim: all now acknowledge that no legal deal is possible in Copenhagen. A miracle is needed for a triumph. President Barack Obama is the one who could deliver it, but it is very unlikely.

Obama will go to Copenhagen - if he can seal a deal (climateprogress.org)

How likely is that Obama miracle?

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday he would travel to Copenhagen next month if a climate summit is on the verge of a framework deal and his presence there will make a difference in clinching it.

Religious leaders join to battle climate change (telegraph.co.uk)

Well if anyone can deliver a miracle...

At a meeting hosting by the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, leaders from Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Baha'i, Jain and Zoroastrian faiths called on the UK and G20 governments to fight for an ambitious deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions at UN-led talks in Copenhagen in December.