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This conference will either prove to be a dead end, a delay, a detour or a gear-changing moment in human affairs.
At stake is perhaps the most important international treaty sinceWorld War II —— one that can put more than 190 nations on a low-car-bon, resource-efficient Green Economy path that is necessary if the worldis to thrive, let alone survive, over the coming decades and century. Someare already writing off Copenhagen, but this is decidedly premature.