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Copenhagen: UN Climate Conference 2009 - COP15.

climate is changing drastically and unpredictably - a trend we cannot ignore. We need to act. And that is why the UN summit in 1992 passed a climate convention with the aim of stabilising the atmosphere's content of greenhouse gases at a level which will prevent dangerous man-made climate change.

Those countries which have signed the convention hold an annual conference, called the Conference of the Parties (COP), at which they discuss how the convention can be put into practice. When the world's leaders meet between the 7th and 18th December 2009 for COP15 in Copenhagen, it will be the most important climate conference since Kyoto 1997. New thinking is required at COP15, and an agreement must be reached on solutions which guarantee a sustainable future. The goal of the conference is a global agreement for ambitious reductions of greenhouse and other gases over the next few years. This can seem dramatic and will require determination and commitment form all sides. When the final protocol is signed the conference will send a clear message to everyone:

"By this declaration, we undertake to do our utmost to reduce the emission of green-house gases to target C02 values, and thus secure a sustainable climate for ourselves and our descendants"

That's how the protocol could be formulated - and you can also support and make your own commitment by visiting www.cyclus.dk/CO2.

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