Low carbon technology may be the most effective post-Kyoto route

Next week the 192 recognised nations of the world will sit down to another UN conference on climate change on the Indonesian island of Bali – which must be as pleasant a place as any to hold a fortnight's conference in the middle of the Northern hemisphere winter as any.

Despite the terrorist outrage a couple of years ago, the island is still a place of tranquillity, a quality that the word's leaders are going to require in abundance as they struggle towards the foothills of a comprehen...