UN Conference on Climate Change
Dec. 7-18, 2009
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Leaders from around the world gathered in Copenhagen in an attempt to forge a long-anticipated international agreement on climate change, while thousands of protesters did their best to get their messages heard. View Photo Gallery »
News from the conference
- Copenhagen climate deal shows new world order may be led by U.S., China (Dec. 20)
- GRAPHIC: Analyzing the Copenhagen accord (Dec. 20)
- Climate deal falls short of key goals (Dec. 19)
- VIDEO: Obama calls for climate deal (Dec. 18)
- U.S. pledges aid, urges developing nations to cut emissions (Dec. 18)
- At Copenhagen, both rich and developing nations offer concessions (Dec. 17)
- At climate talks, key decisions unresolved (Dec. 16)
- Climate change talks enter 'important moment' (Dec. 15)
- Poor nations stall talks on global warming (Dec. 15)
- U.S. unveils plan to rev up clean technology in poor nations (Dec. 14)
- Tens of thousands protest at Copenhagen climate-change talks (Dec. 13)
- U.N. group drafts plan to reduce emissions (Dec. 12)
- U.S. pushes for emissions cuts from China, developing nations(Dec. 10)
Is the Copenhagen Accord a real deal? Are there any beneficiaries of this decision? What responsibilities do nations have going forward?
Bjorn Lomborg | The near-empty treaty that emerged from the Copenhagen climate summit shows that promising to cut carbon emissions is a dead-end strategy. There was really little more in the deal than face-saving by world leaders.. Continue reading »
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The 15th annual United Nations Conference on Climate Change, aka Cop15, took place Dec. 7 to 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark, where world leaders, activists, scientists and others with vested interest in global climate policy met to form an international agreement.
