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In 2012 the Kyoto Protocol to prevent climate changes and global warming runs out. To keep the process on the line there is an urgent need for a new climate protocol. At the conference in Copenhagen 2009 the parties of the UNFCCC meet for the last time on government level before the climate agreement need to be renewed.Climate friendly city car in front of the Bella CenterTherefore the Climate Conference in Copenhagen is essential for the worlds climate and the Danish government and UNFCCC is putting hard effort in making the meeting in Copenhagen a success ending up with a Copenhagen Protocol to prevent global warming and climate changesCopenhagen Climate Conference: Hard to reach a strong?agreement哥本哈根气候大会艰难促成协议:2009 December 19bypuconghanBy Pucong Han, Beijing ChinaAfter the Copenhagen climate negotiations, countries and regions with reservations do not have to sign the agreement.? As a consequence, the global deal becomes a weak agreement. Many observers said that the conference has failed. Although the deal becomes a weak agreement, it was reached during a difficult and dramatic night. President BarackObama announced in Copenhagen that different parties will reach a “meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough.” However, many observers are disappointed about the “interim agreement in Copenhagen” because the document does not provide greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for the developed countries by 2020 and, at the same time, deletes the targets of reducing the world’s emissions of greenhouse gases by 50% in 2050.The draft of the Copenhagen Accord was prepared by the leaders and representatives from 28 major states on Thursday morning, including the U.S. President BarackObama and the basic four countries – China, India, Brazil, South Africa leaders. A key change was finally reached after a closed-door talk on Friday afternoon. In order to reach an agreement, the two sides made concessions to each other. The agreement draft does not have any legal constraint