Environment and COP 15

 Environment Decade - the Guardian puts the milestones across the years since 2000:

Ten years ago, Kyoto was on the rocks; Bush ruled the roost, and the New Orleans levee and Antarctic ice sheet were still intact. As the decade draws to a close, we look back on the biggest environmental stories milestones of the noughties


The Guardian also gives a roundup of what was achieved and how we failed in COP 15


And this is the clearest blog I have found explaining COP 15 issues:
Instead the overwhelming evidence points to a deal that, no matter what our leaders say, is a total failure to address the severity of the climate problem.