The International Herald Tribune - Opinions about the results of the climate change talks in Copenhagen last month suggest that, if nothing else, the fault lines that preceded the conference are still very much in place.

The recently concluded climate talks in Copenhagen suggested to many commentators and participants that the global community, as represented by the United Nations, was incapable of broad agreement on just about anything.

Others argued that such judgments were too swift and praised the outcome - a five-page document - as an historic first-step toward meaningful global action on the climate.

Opinions have been as varied and discordant in the aftermath of the meeting as they were at the sessions in the Bella Center in Copenhagen, where thousands of delegates argued and postured - to uncertain ends - in the twilight of 2009.

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