Monday, December 7, 2009

Climate Change Conference on December 7, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 07: A participant stands in front of the UN Climate Wall during the first day of United Nations Climate Change Conference on December 7, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 that runs until December 18.





COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 07: Sculptures stand in a stretch of water next to the Bella Centre during the first day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 on December 7, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 that runs until December 18.



COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 07: Sculptures stand in a stretch of water next to the Bella Centre during the first day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 on December 7, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 that runs until December 18



A video projected on a floating cubicle in the city center shows the United States as the second largest CO2 emitting country after China, on the opening day of the Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday Dec. 7, 2009. The CO2 cube installation represents 1 metric ton of carbondioxide, the amount an average person in an industrialized country emits each month. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the best, last chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming.




A video projected on a floating cube illustrates projected levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, on the opening day of the Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday Dec. 7, 2009. The CO2 cube installation represents 1 metric ton of carbon dioxide, the amount an average person in an industrialized country emits each month. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the best, last chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming.




A globe is projected as people are seen in Town Hall Square on the opening day of the Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday Dec. 7, 2009. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the best, last chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming.


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