Copenhagen climate summit
International climate change conference in 2009
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| 2023 | Pope Francis referred to the Copenhagen climate summit as a 'failure' in his apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum. |
| 2021 | Costa Rica set a national goal to become carbon neutral, demonstrating a significant environmental commitment at the Copenhagen climate summit. |
| 2020 | Global emissions were expected to peak before this year, according to assessed studies, to have a likely chance of meeting the 2°C temperature objective. |
| 2020 | Ukraine committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% below 1990 levels as part of international climate change mitigation efforts. |
| 2020 | Switzerland proposed a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20–30% below 1990 levels as part of the climate summit negotiations. |
| 2020 | South Korea committed to unilaterally reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 4% below its 2005 emission levels. |
| 2020 | South Africa proposed to cut emissions by 34% below expected current levels, which represents an absolute emissions reduction of approximately 18% below 1990 levels. |
| 2020 | Singapore proposed a national commitment to reduce emissions by 16% compared to business-as-usual levels. |
| 2020 | Monaco proposed a commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% below 1990 levels by this year. |
| 2020 | Kazakhstan proposed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 15% below their 1992 levels, demonstrating a national commitment to reducing carbon emissions as part of the international climate change dialogue. |
| 2020 | Iceland proposed to cut carbon emissions by 15% below 1990 levels, demonstrating a national commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions as part of international climate change mitigation efforts. |
| 2020 | Brazil proposed to cut emissions by 38–42% below projected 2020 levels, which is equivalent to a change to emissions between 5% above and 1.8% below 1990 levels. |
| 2019 | The Maldives committed to becoming a carbon-neutral country by this year, demonstrating an ambitious environmental policy aimed at reducing national carbon emissions. |
| 2010 | 138 countries had either formally signed or signaled their intention to support the Copenhagen Accord, demonstrating growing international engagement with the climate agreement. |
| 2010 | Proposed actions from the Copenhagen summit were to be further debated after no binding agreement was reached during the 2009 conference. |
| November 2010 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) published a preliminary assessment suggesting a potential 'emissions gap' between voluntary pledges in the Copenhagen Accord and the emissions cuts needed to meet the 2°C global temperature objective. |
| January 2010 | Canada revised its carbon emissions reduction target to 17% below 2005 levels by 2020, which became equivalent to a 2.5% increase above 1990 levels. |
| January 31 2010 | Deadline for countries to submit emissions targets as outlined in the Copenhagen Accord, with 67 countries registering their targets by early February. |
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