In Copenhagen this December, more than 180 countries will gather to negotiate and agree a new international deal to tackle climate change. 

The Road to Copenhagen (PDF) has been published so that everyone in the UK can see how we will be arguing in the negotiations and how they can help the debate so their own voices can be heard.

The science is clear: climate change is happening and has been caused by increased greenhouse gases from human activities. We want to see an agreement which takes action to limit global temperature increases to no more than 2 degrees Celsius, beyond which the risks of dangerous climate change become much greater. If we do nothing, it is predicted that global warming will cause potentially catastrophic changes in the future.

The UK is working for a deal that is ambitious, effective and fair and is leading the debate on many key elements of the negotiations: how to finance the action we need to reduce emissions and adapt to climate change; how to develop and deploy low carbon technology rapidly; how to reduce global deforestation; and reforming international institutions.

Climate change is a global problem which will have direct impacts on the prosperity and security of the UK. An agreement at Copenhagen is a down-payment on a more secure, more stable world. We cannot afford to let the opportunity pass.

 

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The Road to Copenhagen full document (PDF)

The Road to Copenhagen leaflet (PDF)

Further explanation on Canada emissions figures (PDF)

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