Copenhagen climate conference opens
The biggest climate meeting in history, with 15,000 participants from 192 nations, opened in Copenhagen on Monday with host Denmark saying an unmissable opportunity to protect the planet was “within reach.”
110 world leaders, including President Barack Obama, will attend a summit at the end of the meeting to agree deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and raise billions of dollars in aid for developing nations.
The presence of so many world leaders “reflects an unprecedented mobilization of political determination to combat climate change. It represents a huge opportunity. An opportunity the world cannot afford to miss” Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told delegates at the opening ceremony.
“The ultimate responsibility rests with the citizens of the world, who will ultimately bear the fatal consequences, if we fail to act” he said.
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