COP15

Time:

7 December 2009 - 18 December 2009

Venue:

Bella Center

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Conference of the Parties (COP), Fifteenth session is the UN summit conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP), Fifth session.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Climate agreement

The overall goal of the COP 15/MOP 5 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Denmark is to establish an ambitious global climate agreement for the period from 2012 onwards when the first commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol expires.

However, on 14 November 2009 the New York Times announced that "President Obama and other world leaders have decided to put off the difficult task of reaching a climate change agreement... agreeing instead to make it the mission of the Copenhagen conference to reach a less specific 'politically binding' agreement that would push the most difficult issues into the future."

Participants

It is expected that ministers and officials from 192 countries will take part in the Copenhagen conference and that there will be participants from a large number of organisations. A large part of the diplomatic work that will lay the foundation for a post-Kyoto agreement will be undertaken up to and during COP15.

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