The United Nation Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009

With climate changes affecting all aspects of modern living at an escalating pace, the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen in December 2009 is set to be the most critical gathering in decades. The window of opportunity is closing fast, and next months will be a decisive period for stakeholders from all sectors, across the globe, to call on political leaders to agree an ambitious successor to the Kyoto Protocol at COP15 in Copenhagen.    

As the only international organization, the Copenhagen Climate Council is working closely with Danish government, the host of COP 15 in Copenhagen 2009, to unite international business around a few, strong messages  that can support the negotiation process . The Copenhagen Climate Council Secretariat attends most of the of the key UN meetings where negotiations will be taking place prior to December 2009, and we all also follow the Danish host preparations.

On the Climate Community, we will update on the progress and the critical developments.

2009 is the final opportunity

Today, the Kyoto Protocol regulates the generated part of the world's CO2 emissions. If the world's nations are to decide upon a new agreement to enter into force before the Kyoto Protocol expires, 2009 is the final opportunity to do so.

A global climate change agreement is necessary so that we can limit the negative man-made effects on the climate system for future generations.

Climate changes in themselves are nothing new. What is new is that man-made emissions have led to the volume of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere being increased massively, and that global warming is happening significantly faster than previously. See more at the COP15 Danish host country website.