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The Berlin climate conference decided correctly not to settle for a tough protocol on greenhouse emissions here and now, but negotiating a satisfactory first step will take all the time there is left.
The possibility that the law of gravitation was different early in the history of the Universe seems to be coming into fashion again — and it may just be measurable.