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United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 15

Decisions are to be taken on a new global climate agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen from 7-18 December 2009. The overall goal for the meeting is to establish an ambitious global climate agreement for the period from 2012 when the first commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol expires.

Photo: Gunnar Seijbold/Regeringskansliet

Connie Hedegaard, President of COP 15

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) forms the basis of international climate cooperation. Representatives of the countries that that signed UNFCCC meet every year at special conferences of the parties (COP).

Pre-meeting news

Monday 7 December

Green preparations in Malmö14:32

Statement for COP-MOP21:07

Statement for AWG-LCA20:40

Statement for the AWG-KP19:11

“Help save the world!"18:40

Statement: "Copenhagen offers a unique opportunity" 17:57

Webcast: The world present in Copenhagen17:45

EU will push for Copenhagen to be the milestone the climate needs15:55

Focus on sustainable cities during UN climate conference in Copenhagen14:21

Tuesday 8 December

Webcast: Packed programme with COP-15 side events19:58

Stopping off in Malmö on the road to Copenhagen19:04

Adaptation and young people's involvement in Copenhagen20:23

Webcast: Climate negotiators sit down at the table16:41

Wednesday 9 December

Climate Change Conference: Island nations protest19:15

Webcast: Climate discussions during the autumn's last EU summit17:14

Webcast: "Without shipping, one half of the world's population would starve and the other freeze"16:31

Female display of strength in Malmö16:36

Webcast: "Cities both part of the problem and part of the solution to the climate change issue"14:20

Carbon dioxide tax saves the rainforest13:07

Thursday 10 December

Webcast: Summit under way18:12

Climate Change Conference: Dramatic day in Copenhagen17:40

Webcast: Daily lives affected by climate change16:51

Andreas Carlgren receives youth declaration11:37

Friday 11 December

Climate Change Conference: Money for the climate and texts on the table17:52

Gunilla Carlsson to attend Copenhagen climate meeting16:27

Linking biodiversity to climate change mitigation and adaptation15:32

Andreas Carlgren back to Copenhagen13:57

Webcast: Important to try to predict climate change13:07

Discussions on climate funding continue01:29

Saturday 12 December

12 December: Statement for COP-MOP 18:29

12 December: Statement for COP18:12

Climate conference: EU will not undersell the climate18:40

Sunday 13 December
Monday 14 December

Climate change conference: “We want to get the work started!”19:50

“The business sector wants long-term rules”15:42

Climate change conference: "Time is short"12:02

Tuesday 15 December

Climate change conference: Less than 48 hours left16:37

Letter from Reinfeldt and Barroso ahead of meeting in Copenhagen11:23

Wednesday 16 December

New climate offer from African Union19:40

Calls for a breakthrough in Copenhagen17:32

Statement by Sweden on behalf of the European Union and its member states13:54

Carlgren speaks in Copenhagen11:17

Copenhagen: Dress rehearsal ahead of final negotiations10:37

Thursday 17 December

EU calls for an extra meeting in Copenhagen21:10

EU Statement on the negotiations in Copenhagen14:15

Webcast: EU comments on US offer14:25

Climate issue sums up the Swedish Presidency in the environmental field12:50

Copenhagen conference: Time is running out11:47

Environment Council: "Combinations of endocrine disruptors must be dealt with in existing EU legislation"11:00

Friday 18 December

Negotiations continue past midnight 21:47

Now: Extra EU meeting16:35

World leaders come together to continue meeting17:45

Copenhagen: Leaders back to the negotiating table09:04

Copenhagen: Discussions continue into the night00:56

Post-meeting news

Copenhagen

When

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 December

Where

  • Bella Center

    Copenhagen, Denmark

Council

Environment

Ministry in charge

Ministry of Environment

Contacts

  • Lars Ekecrantz

    Director, Ministry of Environment

    +46 8 405 20 15

  • Eva Lindhé

    Head of Information Services, Ministry of Environment

    +46 8 405 39 27

    +46 73 055 39 27

  • Anna Bäckman

    Press Officer, Ministry of the Environment

    +46 8 405 10 00

  • Lennart Bodén

    Press Secretary to the Minister for the Environment Andreas Carlgren

    +46 8 405 10 00

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