After talks ran into "extra time" on Friday night, the USA, China, India, Brazil and South Africa hammered out an agreement now known as the Copenhagen Accord at the UN conference in Copenhagen.
This document was later "noted" but not unanimously adopted by conference delegates under the UN climate convention, a disappointing ending but not a complete failure.
Much detail remains to be filled in on actions and commitments under the Copenhagen Accord, but plans and funding are in place to halt deforestation, and a work programme will now be developed that recognises the role of agriculture in mitigating and adapting to climate change - a positive outcome for the NFU and IFAP delegation.
European environment ministers are meeting this week in Brussels to follow up on the climate talks, but the EU was sidelined by the agreement which it regards as weak and unambitious.
Since the EU delegation did not raise its 20% GHG reduction commitment to 30%, the current UK goal of 34% emissions reduction by 2020 will not be increased further to 42%.
Read the Copenhagen Accord here.