But as always, those who have made the mistakes are slowest to change, and totally responsible. Any chance we have to slow or turn current patterns is evolution and survival – if even for a moment.

Revolution, it seems to me involves following the lead of those who, in Shiva’s words: “have never had an oil addiction”. It also means stopping. Continuing to stop, in any way possible our cultural illusion that things can continue. It means refusing to listen to the same old justification and stories, refusing to participate in the illusion that we have time to position ourselves against science.

I was glad that Bolivia went ahead and invited people to another chance to meet before next year. (Monbiot’s predicted funeral for a climate treaty)

We must not lose the momentum, but make something of this moment. There is no more time, there are no future chances. We must seize the unity we have, not letting it dissipate, and continue.

The illusion that we cannot do anything without the largest polluters is also a form of apathy. We have run out of time for anything other than action.

I have been following your blog for a while now via Greenpeace. Your interpretations on both Ecology and Spiritualism are insightful and compelling, and always lead to interesting discussions amongst friends. Many thanks.

I followed the information coming out of Copenhagen as much as I could. Borrowing and saving documents from such whistle blowing sites as Wikileaks (which has now been closed down to my horror.) The main issue that I found from the Summit was not conspiracy but information saturation. The propaganda and self interest of each country involved ground the whole process to a halt. So many countries with relatively petty issues distracted from the main issues of the Summit, to find an acceptable worldwide agreement on climate change.

The information and issues that caused contention could have been easily discussed before hand between countries. Instead, many different nations brought these varied issues out during the summit, slowing and trivialising the entire process. I have seen this argued as an intentional stall tactic from internet based conspiracy theorists, who seem to jump from A-H without any of the explanation. For me it is more of an example of the ineptitude of current politicians or our political systems to solve any issue of importance. Pre-released open source information would avoid the talks becoming bogged down in detail over various minor issues and given the world a forum to debate a solution rather than hogged by political elites and their stooges. We could have instead concentrated on setting and agreeing global goals and signing them. Setting a basic global manifesto and after discussing and debating the details. Instead the self-interest and past issues of countries became the focus, “you took this then, so we are owed that now.” This is not what climate summits are about.

I like your “car salesman” quote. If you analyse who was at the main meetings. So little science and scientists and so much politics. The entire thing is a farce with no real solution offered. I fear by the time the world sorts its politics out, the environment and it’s issues will be long gone.

“Politics will not solve climate change. Good science and revolution will.” I cannot remember who said this but it was a quote that rung completely true with me. But as with anything in Global Politics something of tremendous disaster will have to happen before people really get around a table and talk of a real solution.

By then it will be too late!

Rex Weyler: Good luck.

Yet, I am still impressed with how many of us overwhelmingly agree that more serious change must be made. Its a good time to grieve – united.

It brings to mind the non violent movement of Estonia in which people essentially set up their own government before Russia had even stopped occupying Estonia. People simply decided to democratically elect their own government regardless of what Russia was going to do.

I think we are at that point. We need to unify, and sign our own treaty – keep moving the world in the direction that we must go. It does not solve the crisis. But it does give strength, vision, and the power to move forward.

Naked power cannot offend global unity into oblivion. The magic carpet is hovering, but we’re still here with our feet planted.

We are left asking ourselves: what can we do now?

We must trace the lines of these companies and boycott them, we must speak out against the injustice, and learn from countries with a lighter footprint how to live such as Uruguay who can act as an example to us. But also, we must address poverty in regions with a lighter footprint. As much as possible, we must push forward with new solutions in our own communities.

We must get up, discredit the lies, and move forward. You can’t fool all the people all the time, and lies this grandiose cannot work twice. Onwards.

I always hoped that our leaders would stand on the side of reason and science, and thus see clearly that change is needed immediatly. As usual, reality has proven me both wrong and näive… I always read your articles with great interest and concern… the only thing left for me to say is how can we help to counter this? I live in Uruguay, and being so far away form Copenhage sometimes all this seems far away… but nonetheless I see the problems around me everywhere…
I sincerely do not know how to contribute to this crusade.