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The Copenhagen Accord is a document which delegates at the 15th session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change agreed to "take note of" at the final plenary on 18 December 2009.
Learn about the BASIC grouping of Brazil, South Africa, India and China, and their role in the Copenhagen Accord of 2009. The Accord was a voluntary agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but not legally binding.
Dec 18, 2009 · The Copenhagen Accord is a political agreement reached by the Heads of State and Government at the UN Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen. It sets out the objectives, actions and commitments of developed and developing countries to combat climate change and support adaptation.
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The Copenhagen Accord: Shaping Global Climate Policy. The Copenhagen accord was a voluntary agreement between the United States, China, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Russia and hundreds more, making up over 80% of the global population and over 85% of global emissions.
The Conference of the Parties (COP), at its fifteenth session, took note of the Copenhagen Accord of 18 December 2009 by way of decision 2/CP.15. The text of the Copenhagen Accord can be found here. The chapeau of the Copenhagen Accord lists the following 114 Parties agreeing to the Accord:*
A summary of the 2009 U.N. Climate Summit in Copenhagen, where world leaders struck a political accord with emission pledges but no binding treaty. The accord included a goal of limiting global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius, a $30 billion fund for developing countries, and a Green Climate Fund.
This document from UNDP analyzes the outcomes of the Copenhagen negotiations and the Copenhagen Accord, and their implications for developing countries. It covers the key issues, the status of the negotiations, and the provisions of the accord.
