2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference

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The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as COP15 in Copenhagen, was a major global summit aimed at forging a new international agreement on climate change to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.

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instanceOf Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC ⓘ
United Nations climate change conference ⓘ
international diplomatic conference ⓘ
agreedClimateFinanceGoal to mobilize 100 billion US dollars a year by 2020 ⓘ
agreedFastStartFinance 30 billion US dollars for 2010–2012 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs COP15 ⓘ
COP15 Copenhagen ⓘ
linked to: COP15

Copenhagen climate summit ⓘ
linked to: Copenhagen Accord
attendee Angela Merkel ⓘ
Ban Ki-moon ⓘ
Barack Obama ⓘ
Gordon Brown ⓘ
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ⓘ
Nicolas Sarkozy ⓘ
Wen Jiabao ⓘ
chairperson Connie Hedegaard ⓘ
city Copenhagen ⓘ
country Denmark ⓘ
criticizedFor lack of a legally binding treaty ⓘ
perceived exclusion of many developing countries from final negotiations ⓘ
endDate 2009-12-18 ⓘ
focusesOn climate change adaptation ⓘ
climate change mitigation ⓘ
climate finance ⓘ
reducing greenhouse gas emissions ⓘ
technology transfer ⓘ
followedBy 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference ⓘ
follows 2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference ⓘ
framework United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ⓘ
hostCountryCapital Copenhagen ⓘ
hostedBy Government of Denmark ⓘ
keyDocument Copenhagen Accord ⓘ
language United Nations official languages ⓘ
legalStatusOfOutcome politically binding but not legally binding ⓘ
mainGoal to establish a successor framework to the Kyoto Protocol ⓘ
to negotiate a global climate agreement for the period after 2012 ⓘ
numberOfHeadsOfStateOrGovernment over 100 ⓘ
numberOfParticipants over 10000 ⓘ
organizedBy United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ⓘ
partOfSeries Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC ⓘ
precededByEvent mass climate demonstrations in Copenhagen ⓘ
president Connie Hedegaard ⓘ
Lars Løkke Rasmussen ⓘ
relatedTo Kyoto Protocol ⓘ
Paris Agreement ⓘ
resultedIn Copenhagen Accord ⓘ
seriesNumber 15 ⓘ
startDate 2009-12-07 ⓘ
topic REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) ⓘ
linked to: REDD+

climate finance for developing countries ⓘ
emissions reduction commitments by developed countries ⓘ
global temperature rise limit of 2 degrees Celsius ⓘ
mitigation actions by developing countries ⓘ
venue Bella Center ⓘ

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2014 UN Climate Summit → precededBy → 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference ⓘ
Copenhagen Accord → adoptedAtConference → 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference ⓘ
2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference → precededBy → 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference ⓘ
COP16 → follows → 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference ⓘ
Bella Center → hostedEvent → United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 ⓘ
linked to: 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference
COP15 → officialName → 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference ⓘ
COP15 → alsoKnownAs → Copenhagen Climate Change Conference ⓘ
linked to: 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference
COP15 Accord → adoptedAtEvent → 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference ⓘ
2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference → followedBy → 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference ⓘ
The Island President → featuresEvent → 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference ⓘ