Climate cop-out

WORLD leaders cobbled together an agreement on global warming in Copenhagen, but it was described as a disaster by major pressure groups.

There are no limits placed on greenhouse gas emissions in the medium or long term and no international system for verifying what countries are emitting.

The only figure is a commitment not to allow global temperatures rise more than 2C, but there are no details about how this will be done and any agreement on this will not be legally binding.