Summit to Save the Earth: The Negotiations Scoreboard

WHAT THEY'VE DONE

AGREED, in principle, that polluters ought to bear the cost of their pollution, that poverty ought to be eradicated and that "appropriate demographic policies" (i.e., family planning) ought to be promoted.

ACKNOWLEDGED that developed countries, having put more "pressure" on the world environment, bear some responsibility for putting it right.

AGREED to give "special priority" to the needs of the developing countries -- without specifying what those priorities might be.

CAME up with a 600-plus-page "agenda" to save the planet, with a price tag of more than $600 billion a year but not yet agreed on plans for...