Climate deal: Hard work lies ahead

After months of intense negotiations, the Copenhagen conference on climate change failed to produce the legally binding agreement most had hoped for. However, many share UN Secretary-General’s view that it is “an essential beginning.” It was not the agreement that anyone had wanted. But during the night of 18–19 December — as nearly two weeks of contentious talks tottered on the brink of collapse — a limited deal was finally brokered among a couple dozen leaders, out of the nearly 120 governments that sent delegations to the United Nations climate change conference.
Industralised countries are obligated to significantly cut back on  the emission of greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
Industralised countries are obligated to significantly cut back on the emission of greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
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