On December 7, 2009, environment ministers and officials met in Copenhagen for the United Nations climate conference to thrash out a successor to the Kyoto protocol. The conference, held at the modern Bella Center, ran for two weeks. 192 countries have signed the climate change convention.
Developing countries, including India and China, believe it is the responsibility of wealthy industrialized nations such as the United Kingdom and the United States to set a clear example on cutting carbon emissions.
This may interest you that the US had rejected the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, with the then US arguing that the 5 per cent reductions required by Kyoto would ‘wreck the American economy’.
However, Copenhagen sees a glimmer of hope on President Barack Obama’s stated intention to achieve an 80 per cent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Some people have even named the event, the ‘Hopenhagen’ Summit.
Developing countries, including India and China, believe it is the responsibility of wealthy industrialized nations such as the United Kingdom and the United States to set a clear example on cutting carbon emissions.
This may interest you that the US had rejected the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, with the then US arguing that the 5 per cent reductions required by Kyoto would ‘wreck the American economy’.
However, Copenhagen sees a glimmer of hope on President Barack Obama’s stated intention to achieve an 80 per cent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Some people have even named the event, the ‘Hopenhagen’ Summit.