Guardian: A senior diplomat has defended the lack of progress at UN climate talks in Poland, and insisted that real action in finding a successor to the Kyoto protocol is not required until next year. Brice Lalonde, France’s climate ambassador, said hopes of a breakthrough at Poznan had always been misplaced. “Poznan was never going to be a conference where a spectacular outcome was to be expected,” he said. Instead, it is preparing the ground for the final round of talks. “We hope for a …