Copenhagen coalition already falling apart

I never expected much from the Copenhagen meeting on climate change, but its disturbing to see this lowest common denominator agreement already breaking down: "Climate change alliance crumbling."
As for previous examples of this sort of international negotiation, the series of multilateral trade negotiations resulting in the WTO (now stuck on the Doho round) is probably the best contemporary historical guide we have, and it moved along at a glacial pace. I think probably the only good to come of Copenhagen is the global networking of civil society representatives and activists who can push their governments on the national level towards action.