Climate crunch | World News

Elsewhere in the hotel, the UK's representatives are doing their thing at an early “EU co-ordination” meeting. In a corner of the restaurant, meanwhile, the US special envoy on climate change â€" an elusive, austere-looking man named Todd .... for funding half of Europe's post-Copenhagen commitment to the developing world via private-sector carbon trading; and the fact that the UK has so far only pledged £1bn a year in direct climate-related funding for poorer countries. ...