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The Road to Copenhagen: Climate Talks 2009

The Road to Copenhagen: Climate Talks 2009

The Road to Copenhagen:
Climate Talks 2009

The U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen is set for December 2009, and delegates from all over the world are working around the clock to broker a global deal to stop dangerous climate change.

The stakes are high, but the momentum has never been stronger. The U.N. even scheduled extra sessions to ensure delegates have time to get the job done.

Our Policy Positions

The team has developed the following policy proposals to help all nations—with all their varying circumstances—join a shared framework to stop global warming:

  • Docking Stations
  • Turn Toward Safety
  • Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, REDD
  • Reforming the Clean Development Mechanism

Learn more about the policies and download the reports.

International Provisions in the U.S. Climate Bill

Passed by the House in June 2009, this important bill will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote clean energy. View a summary of the bill.

More International Work

EDF partners with Brazil's forest communities to fight climate changeBrazil: Fighting Deforestation
EDF partners with locals to preserve their most precious resource and stop climate change.


EDF's coal-fired power plants mapCoal and International Public Finance
The World Bank, export credit agencies and other global public lenders spend many millions to finance coal-fired power in the developing world. Through this lending, industrial nations are short-circuiting their own efforts to fight global warming.

EDF partners with India to find climate solutions India: Climate Solutions for 1.2 Billion
India is showing how sharing innovative, home-grown solutions can help stop climate change.

Map projecting global emissions and deforestation through 2050 Map: Global Emissions
See how the level of global warming pollution changes if we act to stabilize our climate, or if we do nothing.

EDF partners with China to develop environmental solutions Our Work in China

Our Beijing office is showing that a booming economy need not wreck the environment.

September - December 2009

  • December 2009: Copenhagen, Denmark

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Contact:
Andrea Welsh
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