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Copenhagen - UN Conference on Climate Change, December 2009

What is the purpose of Copenhagen?

The world has come together at the United Nations conference to agree a new international agreement to tackle climate change. The current international agreement, the Kyoto Protocol, will expire in 2012. Copenhagen, in effect, will create its successor.

What is the UK Government hoping to achieve?

The Government is aiming to reach an ambitious global agreement at Copenhagen. Together, with our EU partners, the UK has already made a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020, with an offer to reduce emissions by 30 per cent if an ambitious global deal is agreed.

Why is achieving a global agreement on tackling climate change so important?

To put it simply, urgent action is required now to limit global temperature increases to no more than 2 degrees Celsius, beyond which the risks of dangerous climate change will become much greater.

What is happening at Copenhagen?

9 December - UK co-publishes Governance paper:

The Governments of the UK and three other countries have put forward ideas on how climate change finance should be raised, disbursed and governed. Read more.

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