We have expected a weighty tome detailing the widening of the A21 in Kent for some time now. To be a little more precise I should probably say ‘waiting in trepidation’. Why? – because a single carriage way road flanked closely with ancient woodland is not going to mix well with a road widening scheme. 

Whilst hopes for the Copenhagen summit were never high, the result falls short of reasonable expectation. Any meeting of the minds amongst a group of 192 nations inevitably tends towards the lowest common denominator. In this case an accord rather than a treaty, one which recognises a need to keep global temperature rise within 2oC, but fails to set any targets for emissions cuts. Such commitments as were made must be enacted ‘as soon as possible’ – a phrase with such latitude as to be almost without meaning.