Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are now meeting in Copenhagen to wrangle over the details of a new global climate deal — a potential successor to the Kyoto Protocol. See Nature’s Road to Copenhagen special and the Climate Feedback blog for more coverage.

“If you do not peak by 2020, you have to use some sort of geo-engineering or we are going to have to live with higher impacts.”

Jason Lowe, head of mitigation advice at the Met Office, says if emissions aren’t declining by 5% p.a. by 2020 then there’s only one solution (Daily Telegraph).

“The agenda-driven policies being pushed in Copenhagen won’t change the weather, but they would change our economy for the worse.”

The Washington Post turns to Sarah Palin for its latest climate change op ed piece.

“We humbly ask of President Obama that the new dawn of multilaterialism that he promised should not be simply business as usual – the West prevailing at the expense of the rest of the developing countries.”

Lumumba Stanislaus Di Aping, chair of the G77 group of nations, comments on the so-called ‘Danish text’ (Times).

“According to old hands here this paper is very much ‘business as usual’ at these meetings and the leaked document has in fact been around for a long time and has been used at meetings such as the recent APEC meeting.”

Bill Kyte, of Environmental Data Services, says the Guardian newspaper’s ‘secret Danish documents’ aren’t really a huge deal.

“The enormous numbers at the COP are straining the logistical resources with reported queues of half an hour for the ladies toilets and to collect coats from the cloakroom. It is often details such as this that determine the timing and duration of meetings.”

Bill Kyte, of Environmental Data Services, on what really is a big deal.