In 11 days the curtain will rise in Bangkok for the penultimate round of negotiations before the climate change conference in Copenhagen. David Victor warns of the dangers of a rushed, stapled-together deal.
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Victor, D. Plan B for Copenhagen. Nature 461, 342–344 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/461342a
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