Copenhagen: Conference will create 2010 agreement - managers

Beginning today, the conference of 192 nations will attempt to agree a deal to reduce carbon emission targets, which will replace the Kyoto Protocol expiring in 2012. Managers believe the decision to postpone any final agreement until next year aids a successful conclusion to the two week negotiations. "As the Copenhagen conference gets going it is becoming increasingly clear that the decision to delay the details of an agreement into 2010 has unblocked the conference, allowing global policy makers to try and hammer out a framework that can set the stage for a later agreement," Schrod...