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Events on Monday 7 December 2009 1
2009Copenhagen Climate Change ConferenceUN summit ends with non-binding accordWorld leaders gathered in Copenhagen for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP15) seeking a binding successor to the Kyoto Protocol. Negotiations ended instead with the non-binding Copenhagen Accord, brokered in part by the United States, China, India, Brazil and South Africa. Many participants criticized the outcome as a failure to reach a legally binding deal.