Anders Turesson, the chief negotiator with Sweden’s Ministry of the Environment, explains where he thinks progress is being made and why it remains important to have an agreement in place by the end-of-year meetings in Copenhagen. He also discusses the point of view of the various EU states given Sweden’s role as president of the 27-nation bloc, and he talks about the obligations of wealthy nations within the process. Also see Anders Turesson speaking from Poznan 2008, Barcelona 2009, and Copenhagen