It would be better if the Copenhagen conference failed and we start again from scratch

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On the point: No guarantee of a better deal later

If Climate change is happening then the case gets more compelling the longer we leave it. Politicians are much more likely to act later when it is becoming more obvious to them the costs. This means that no deal later is very unlikely.

We are at least near to a deal here and now. Scrap these talks and we are suddenly left with nothing. There is no guarantee that a new round of negotiations would lead to a better deal, they might not even lead to one at all.

Yes, because...

 

No, because... No guarantee of a better deal later

If Climate change is happening then the case gets more compelling the longer we leave it. Politicians are much more likely to act later when it is becoming more obvious to them the costs. This means that no deal later is very unlikely.

 

We are at least near to a deal here and now. Scrap these talks and we are suddenly left with nothing. There is no guarantee that a new round of negotiations would lead to a better deal, they might not even lead to one at all.