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IntroductionRepresentative of 192 countries

met in one of the most widely

anticipated international

conferences in Copenhagen to

undertake the issue of global

warming.

More than 15,000 officials, advisers, diplomats, campaigners

and journalists attended COP, joined by heads of state andgovernment.

The conference, held at the modern Bella Centre, ran for

two weeks from Dec 7 to Dec 18 2009.


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PURPOSECreating international awareness: of the importance of

the Copenhagen UN Climate Summit and the successortreaty to the Kyoto Protocol.

Promoting constructive dialogue: between government,business, and science.

Inspiring global business leaders

:by demonstratingthat tackling climate change also has the potential to create

huge opportunities for innovation and economic growth.


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Melting Antarctic Tsunami

Damaged crops Cyclones


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What does COP15 stand for?y COP15 is the official name of the Copenhagen climate

change summit the 15th Conference of the Parties(COP) under the United Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

y The COP is the highest body of

the UNFCCC and consists of

environment ministers whomeet once a year to discuss

developments in the convention.


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Kyoto Protocoly The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations

Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC orFCCC), aimed at fighting global warming.

y The Protocol was initially adopted on 11 December 1997 inKyoto, Japan and entered into force on 16 February 2005.

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The objective of the Kyoto climate change conference wasto establish a legally binding international agreement,whereby all the participating nations commit themselves totackle the issue of global warming and greenhouse gasemissions. The target agreed upon was an averagereduction of 5.2% from 1990 levels by the year 2012.


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Failure ofProtocolIt maybe mentioned that the US had rejected Kyoto

Protocol, with the then US President George W Busharguing that the 5 per cent reductions required byKyoto would 'wreck the American economy'.

Many other countries also refused to be bound up in alegal agreement.


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About Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and

largest city of Denmark.

Copenhagen has repeatedly been

recognized as one of the cities

with the best quality of life andin 2008 it was singled out

as the Most Liveable City in the World byInternational LifestyleMagazine Monocle on their Top 25 Most Liveable Cities 2008 list.

It is also considered one of the world's most environmentallyfriendly cities with the water in the inner harbour being so cleanthat it can be used for swimming and 36 % of all citizenscommuting to work by bicycle, every day bicycling a total 1.1

million km.


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What does the summit hope to

achieve?Officials will try to agree a new climatetreaty as a successor to the Kyoto protocol,the first phase of which expires in 2012.

According toYvo de Boer, executive secretaryof the UNFCCC, the four essentials needingan international agreement in Copenhagen are:

y 1.) How much are industrialised countries willing to reduce their

emissions of greenhouse gases?y 2.) How much are major developing countries such as China and India

willing to do to limit the growth of their emissions?y 3.) How is the help needed by developing countries to engage in

reducing their emissions and adapting to the impacts of climate changegoing to be financed?

y 4.) How is that money going to be managed?


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United States

2nd biggest emitters in the world (represents 19.9% emissionsshare)

Emission cuts target: 17% of 2005 level by 2020, 80% by 2050

EU

20% emission reductions relative to 1990 level by 2020

Japan

25% below 1990 levels by 2020 Australia

The Biggest emission country per-capita

5-25% from 2000 levels in year 2020

Emission cut targets for

industrialized countries


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For Developing Countries

ChinaNo.1 GHG emissions in the world

To reduce carbon emissions by 40-45% of 2005 level by2020

Indonesia3rd biggest emitters in the world

To reduce GHG emission by 26% by 2020 and 41% withsupports from Developed Countries

SingaporeCut carbon emissions by 16% by 2020

India

Cut carbon emissions by 20% by 2020


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WHYSHOULD THERICHPAY MORE

80% OF THE ACCUMULATED GHGS IN ATMOSPHEREHAVE BEEN EMMITED BY THESE COUNTRIES.

30 RICH COUNTRIES ACCOUNTS FOR NEARLYHALF THE

GLOBAL EMMISION.

THEIR AVERAGE PER CAPITAL EMMISION IS MORETHAN TWICE THE WORLD AVERAGE AND AT LEAST TEN

TIME MORE THEN THAT OF INDIA

A LOT OF IT RESULTS FROM WASTEFUL ANDLUXURIOUS CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY.


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StickingPointIndian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese premier

WenJiabao have decided to meet

on climate change in Copenhagen.

India rejects legally binding target

& stresses that rich countries should

legally bound. As per Indian position

it says rich countries are to blame

for climate change.

China says that the developed countries should pay 1% of theirGDP per year to help other countries adapt.

But US stated that it will cut emissions to 17% below 2005 levelsby 2020.


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Financial Aid

The Accord was set up which ensures that the richcountries will jointly deliver $30bn (18.5bn) of aid fordeveloping nations over the next three years.

It outlines a goal of providing $100bn a year by 2020 tohelp poor countries cope with the impacts of climatechange.

A green climate fund will also be established under thedeal. It will support projects in developing countriesrelated to mitigation, adaptation, "capacity building" andtechnology transfer.


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Conclusiony Summit led both the developed and developing nations to

achieve the emission targets and help in controlling andreducing the harmful , poisonous gases so as to save theglobal environment.

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