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
surface form: COP15 Copenhagen

Copenhagen Accord
surface form: Copenhagen climate summit
attendee Angela Merkel
Ban Ki-moon
Barack Obama
Gordon Brown
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (as President of Brazil)
surface form: 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 to the UNFCCC
surface form: 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+
surface form: REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation)

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 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference
this entity surface form: United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009