After running into overtime, the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) finished Saturday. While press coverage of the event was somewhat muted compared to previous conferences (the aftermath of the EU Summit in Brussels on Friday night took most of the limelight), the reactions to the outcome range from mildly positive to slight disappointment. Some of the main points from the summit include: A pledge to work towards a legally binding climate change agreement no later than by 2015 (with the view of operationalising it by 2020). To this effect a new…