The Copenhagen climate change summit had been meticulously planned by the Danish hosts to produce a streamlined agreement. By the time the prime ministers and presidents began arriving, negotiators - led by a select group from the major economies - were supposed to have produced a draft agreement. All the leaders were meant to do was give their assent. Instead, leaders walked into an epic struggle over the shape of a future world economic order. Would rapidly emerging economies like China see their growth stunted by controls on greenhouse gas emissions? Would African countries and low-lying states who say they face annihilation if the warming of the atmosphere exceeds 2C get the technology and financial assistance they need to safeguard their future?

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