Breaking news
In the last few minutes, reports are coming in that the US, China, India and South Africa have agreed on some kind of “climate deal”:
A senior Obama administration official says the U.S., China, India and South Africa have reached a “meaningful agreement” on climate change.
The official characterized the deal as a first step, but said it was not enough to combat the threat of a warming planet.
Details of the deal with these emerging economies were not immediately clear.
The agreement was reached Friday at the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen after a meeting among President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and South African President Jacob Zuma.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not yet been officially announced.
The agreement was with the smaller group of countries, but was being worked by Obama and various negotiating teams with a larger number of countries, the official said. (source)
Just listening to BBC World Service. It’s to be known as the Copenhagen Accord, which will be a statement of intent. Apparently, it includes details on a 2c temperature rise, details on a financial mechanism for transfer of funds to developing countries, and verification mechanisms. There are many countries excluded at this stage, however, the EU, for example.
There is another plenary session in about an hour…
UPDATE @ 10 pm GMT (11 pm Copenhagen): Obama: deal will serve as foundation for years to come. No country entirely satisfied, and not clear whether there is any global deal, however.
Obama: “Not a legally binding agreement. A commitment that the US are making and is very important.”
Emissions: No numbers on emissions reductions, but a process for doing that.
Finance: Agreement on the “goal” of coming up with $100 bn per year by 2020
Sounds more and more like a fudge to paper over the fact that the conference has achieved virtually nothing. As Christopher Monckton predicted, it was almost inevitable that an “eleventh-hour” deal would have been reached…
Australian Climate Madness 
What will be interesting to see is what happens from this point onwards in democratic countries.
Hapless fools like Rudd, Obama, Brown, Turnbull, etc have been more than happy to ride the wave of popular support that has been whipped up by the “save the earth” environmental nutters and their data fabrication co-conspirators.
The more they talk up the “threat”, the more they play into the hands of the environmental loonies who increasingly urge people to resort to good old-fashioned fascism – like this one:
Responding to the news, Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven expressed disappointment. “It is now evident that beating global warming will require a radically different model of politics than the one on display here in Copenhagen.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8421880.stm
Maybe he should give Clive Hamilton a call and discuss his proposal.
Eloi, I saw that – too important for democracy… a very slippery slope.
I expect them to act like a deal was made and that it is in Australia’s interest that we move forward anyway. Remember these are politically brainwashed and mentally challenged individuals whom we are dealing with. They shall not rest until there goals of world wide global governance is achieved, lead by there messiah Obama whom is a prawn for The Bilderburg Group, Trilateral Commission, Club of Rome and other elite secretly run organizations.
Comrade Kevin Rudd and Penny Wong, shall do anything to sit with the elite while they feed there huge delusional ego’s. They would fit in with the CCPC or with the NAZI party very easily.