The biggest news out of Copenhagen over the past 24 hours did not originate in the Danish capital, but rather from Washington DC, where the US Environmental Protection Agency declared that Carbon Dioxide and the five other major greenhouse gas emissions are harmful to human and environmental health. The annoncement makes the creation of a binding global agreement more likely, even if it doesn’t occur at this summit.
Starting next week, over 20,000 people will be meeting in Copenhagen to discuss how the world should tackle climate change.
Officially called the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the two week-long meeting will (hopefully) culminate with a global road map on how humanity will tackle global warming.
Here are five reasons why you should follow the talks in Copenhagen.
Recent developments in the US and Canada give further indication that a continental-wide Cap-and-Trade system shall be in place across North America.