I am enjoying receiving pretty quick updates from White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on the meetings President Obama is having in Copenhagen.

These kind of releases primarily give the nuts and bolts of who the President is meeting rather than anything on the substance of the sessions - but this kind of material from the White House is very helpful in understanding the gravity of what is going on there.

When one looks at the roster of world leaders that Obama is meeting with, the seriousness of what is being attempted at this climate change summit becomes more clear -- and consequently seems evident that there will be serious political consequences for many who have invested heavily in this process if nothing real is achieved.

As I have time today, I'll try to keep updating these notes from Robert Gibbs in the extended section link below.

Here is the latest from White House press director Robert Gibbs:

Update from Press Secretary Robert Gibbs

Second Multilateral Meeting:

The President is currently attending a second multilateral meeting with many of the same leaders he met with earlier today. Yu Qingtai, Special Representative on Climate Change Negotiations of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is representing China at the meeting.

First Multilateral Meeting:

After arriving, President Obama joined a multilateral meeting with the following leaders which just concluded -

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown

French President Nicolas Sarkozy

Danish Prime Minister Lars L. Rasmussen

German Chancellor Angela Merkel

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikha Hasina

Brazilian President Luiz Lula da Silva

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

South African President Jacob Zuma

Mexican President Felipe Calderon

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe

-- Steve Clemons