I suppose so. Let's hope this positive trend can ...

2010-01-07T13:42:19.357Z

I suppose so. Let's hope this positive trend can continue.

Thanks for your kind wishes, and the train was wonderful, thanks!

Good luck with your course, Michael, and I hope yo...

2010-01-04T17:51:36.673Z

Good luck with your course, Michael, and I hope your High Speed Train delivered you through all the cold weather safely.

Ecology, energy and the environment are huge subjects, but they encompass some of the most pressing issues we face today. There are plenty of politicians who would spout opinions, but far fewer of them who really understand these subjects.

As for Copenhagen -- well, the outcome was certainly disappointing. But it wasn't entirely unexpected, and I can't help feeling more than a small shred of optimism in the fact that the US were actively engaged in the debate for the first time in a decade.

As much as there is such an urgent case to move much faster and further, the Realpolitik is that Obama has to play to his home audience in America as well as to the international community. To deliver a result for the world, he simply has to bring his country with him.

That's a tall order indeed, but reflecting a little further, I'm hopeful that Obama might just have taken some of the most important first steps. Let's wish him well in changing mindsets enough to keep pushing forwards.

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I suppose so. Let's hope this positive trend can ...

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