text: The official duty of the delegates from 190 countries was to negotiate a precise timetable for the next major climate conference in November/December in Canc n, Mexico. However, in the plenary sessions the metered delegates focused instead primarily on the question of how to make additional funds available so that the climate circus, despite its highly visible hangover from Copenhagen, would be able have even more meetings in five-star hotels and convention centres. After the "Climategate" scandal and the Copenhagen disaster, the main reason for all the chatter and gastronomy is evidently to postpone the funeral for the UN's climate policy as long as possible. UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer, who has announced his pending resignation, expressed open pessimism on the chances of a new global climate treaty agreement. Der Spiegel quotes him as saying, "not even in my wildest dreams could I imagine that concrete measures will be agreed in Canc n."