UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen: A Small Step on a Long Road
Bern, 19.12.2009 - At the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, the Parties took note of a political agreement on Saturday 19 December 2009 that had been reached the previous evening by a group of heads of state and government. In the agreement, the parties acknowledge climate change as one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. They aim to limit climate warming to 2 degrees Celsius. This will require a massive reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Switzerland views this agreement as a step in the right direction which, however, falls short of the objectives set.