All in agreement? (Image: Andrzej Krauze)

We asked leading scientists, politicians and business people to tell us their hopes and fears for the imminent climate change talks.

R. K. Pachauri

My best hope is that developed countries agree on commitments to reduce emissions by 2020 more or less in keeping with the stated position of the European Union. I also hope that there will be a commitment to fund mitigation and adaptation measures in some of the poorest countries, as well as some arrangement for facilitating access to technology. My expectation is that if these measures are committed to by …