The chance of a legally-binding global climate deal being agreed in Copenhagen seems to have been all but dashed, after it emerged the various Asian leaders as well as the US administration were backing Denmark’s 'one agreement, two steps' stance, which Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen proposed during an unscheduled meeting to the Summit last week. Mr Rasmussen explained that since it was looking almost impossible that an agreement on binding commitments would be reached, it now made sense to  look at what is realistic, namely a ‘political agreement’, which would provide the  basis for the future global climate deal.