Is the Copenhagen conference going to be a success?

There are over 100 leaders from countries coming to the end of the summit. These people would not want to be wasting their time so will be wanting to either make some substantial progress or if possible sign something. If they go to the conference only for nothing to come out of it then their popularity is likey to be hit as they will be shown to be leaders who cant get anything done.

Leaders regularly attend summits where nothing happens, they simply create a document and hail it as a success no matter whether it really is. They simply try to pull the wool over the eyes of their populations, claiming to have come out with everything they wanted.wanted. Leaders attending can be simple politicking and grandstanding. For example the Scottish minister for climate change Stewart Stevenson has been excluded from the UK delegation because 'the UK will negotiate as a whole.' Given that Scotland's parliament has responsability for scottish environmental legislation and just committed itself to a whopping 42% cut by 2020 this seems to me like an attempt to play the unionist card by the UK govt. Furthermore, since there is a high degree of media attention. Barack Obama himself said he doesn't expect a major agreement to be reached before next year. But he's still attending the conference.