The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, more popularly called as the Copenhagen Climate Conference scheduled to be held from December 7-18 2009 is a much-awaited event where the representatives of the global community will sit, talk, negotiate a deal, and hopefully sign the deal on how to save our warming planet.

These are some of the points that these representatives need to agree on:

Governments of the world ‘need to create a legally binding framework with an amended Kyoto Protocol and a new Copenhagen Protocol, which secures the survival of countries, cultures and ecosystems and clears the way to the low carbon economy.’ This point of agreement is primordial to the cause and rationale behind the Copenhagen Climate Conference.

There are definite figures to target: ‘global emissions peak before 2017 keeping overall warming well below the 2°C danger threshold, going down to below 1.5°C as soon as possible’ and ‘industrialized countries commit to reduce their emissions by 40% by 2020, compared to 1990 levels.’ Also, ‘developing countries agree to undertake significant action making emissions at least 30% lower than Business-As-Usual by 2020’ and ‘emissions from forest destruction are reduced by three quarters (75%) by 2020, taking into account indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights.’

In terms of monetary support, ‘public finance of at least US$160 billion per year is provided to developing countries for adaptation and mitigation through innovative sources of finance.’

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Via WWF