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Obama Taking Greenhouse Gas Goals to Copenhagen

By Joseph SchumanNov 25th 2009 – 3:22PM

(Nov. 25) -- On his way to accepting a Nobel Peace Prize next month, President Barack Obama looks set to wade into a raging conflict over climate change. The White House on Wednesday announced that Obama will travel to the Danish capital of Copenhagen on Dec. 9 for part of a United Nations conference aimed at mitigating...

Background on un climate conference

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC) is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from June 3 to 14, 1992. The objective of the treaty is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.

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