UNESCO and the Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 7-19 December 2009

Following two weeks of negotiations, the Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference reached an agreement to take note of the “Copenhagen Accord”, aiming at:

- limiting temperature rise (to below 2 degrees Celsius)

- reducing emissions (developed countries committed to list their emission reduction targets and developing countries their mitigation actions for 2020)

- mobilizing finance for developing countries to fight climate change (US$ 30 billion for immediate action until 2012 and US$ 100 billion annually by 2020)

- enhancing the absorption of greenhouse gases by forests.

See:

> The Copenhagen Accord

> UNFCCC Secretariat press release (19 December 2009)

> UN Secretary-General on the outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference (21 December 2009)

> Decisions adopted by COP 15 and CMP 5

> Earth Negotiations Bulletin coverage of COP 15 and CMP 5

UNESCO will continue to support the UNFCCC process and associated negotiations towards a global legally binding climate change treaty in 2010.

UNESCO at the Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference:

• Press conference with Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO
• UNESCO related events at COP-15
• UNESCO and IOC booths at COP-15
• Contacts
• Photo Gallery
• UNESCO at COP-15 on Twitter
• UNESCO Courier "Climate Change: where are we going?

More about the UNESCO Intersectoral Platform for Action to Address Climate Change