Rebels with a cause

"Epic rhetoric echoed around the Le Bourget conference centre at the opening of the Paris climate summit. World leaders, who had gathered in the capital on Monday, know this is a historic moment.

Barack Obama’s few minutes at the podium were as good as anyone’s: “For all the challenges we face, the growing threat of climate change could define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other. What should give us hope is that this is a turning point. This is the moment we finally decided we would save the planet.”

They’re going to save the planet no less...."