Indian delegates to the Copenhagen climate meet are still recovering from US President Barack Obama's eleventh hour histrionics to salvage his reputation and pull the conference back from the brink of failure. There they were on the final day of the meet, bags packed and ready to leave for the airport at 5pm, convinced that the biggest climate show on earth was heading for disaster with no agreement in sight. Then came word that Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao wanted a last huddle with his BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) bloc partners. At 6pm, the four leaders gathered...
