Guardian: The world cannot afford the climate conference’s foot-dragging on carbon cuts. We need action now, argues author The crucial climate change negotiations in Poznan, Poland, are heading nowhere fast. Charged with producing a plan for cutting carbon emissions, governments have so far produced copious amounts of hot air and little else, with ministers recycling vague promises of future action. They doubtless go to bed at night muttering a variant of St Augustine’s prayer: “Oh Lord …