After two busy weeks, COP17 in Durban was extended by a full day and then went well into a second, with long nights of negotiation along the way. Eventually a deal emerged which has polarized both the media and blogosphere between being the salvation of mankind or the quick route to runaway warming. In reality it is neither, but if that is the case then where are we? As I will illustrate below, the success or failure of Durban depends very much on what we do now to begin deploying solutions to curb carbon emissions.

First the good news. After years of discussion, stalling and negotiation the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is now able to accept Carbon Capture