is this a well-run planet?

This is the question planetarians must ask:  Is this planet well run?  What are the criteria for determining if a planet is well run, and how well do we measure up to those criteria?

justified optimism or the usual spin?

Paris 2015:

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/07/15/ideas-on-un-climate-deal-converging-says-german-environment-minister/

plus ca change?

Paris 2015:

http://www.rtcc.org/2013/11/28/un-climate-chiefs-agree-path-to-2015-looks-tough-post-warsaw/

paris 2015

I have one big question about the climate conference scheduled for Paris at the end of next year:  What plans are afoot to prevent it from turning out like the 2009 fiasco in Copenhagen?  Seriously, they must be doing some advance planning to try to prevent that outcome, but what?  I was even surprised they were having another major conference like this, after that last one.