2009Dec19: Main points of the Copenhagen Accord, the deal reached between the US, China, India, Brazil and South Africa, at the UN Climate talks in Copenhagen: contains no reference to a legally binding agreement; contains no deadline for transforming the accord into a binding deal; recognizes need to limit global temperatures rising no more than 2C above pre-industrial levels; does not identify a year by which carbon emissions should peak; countries are asked to announce by 1 February 2009 their pledges for curbing carbon emissions by 2020; promises to deliver $30 billion of aid for developing nations over the next three years; outlines a goal of providing $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poor countries cope with the impacts of climate change; establishes a green climate fund which will support projects in developing countries related to mitigation, adaptation, capacity building and technology transfer; developing countries will submit national reports on their emissions pledges; and the implementation of the Copenhagen Accord will be reviewed by 2015 (BBC).
Reference: BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8422307.stm
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