Friday, April 23, 2010

The business case for climate change - Outcomes of the Copenhagen Accord


For two weeks in December 2009 the world watched as nations gathered in Copenhagen to discuss responses to climate change.

One hundred and nineteen1 heads of state and government, as well as ministers from 1942 countries represented at Copenhagen, sought to agree on a post-2012 climate change framework.

The goal was to have an agreement in place that could be implemented following the end of the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol on 31 December 2012. The result was the Copenhagen Accord (the Accord).

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