COPENHAGEN TO SHAPE THE WORLD
"If there is one lesson to be learned from the climate crisis and the other crises of the past year – food, fuel, flu, financial – it is this: We share one planet, one home. As people, as nations, as a species, we are in this together." – UN Secretary – General Ban – Ki Moon. In recent times both internally and internationally, discussion on climate change and their subsequent impact on planet earth have engaged the minds of many people. The discussions on climate change have gained more prominence because of the impending United Nations Climate Conference to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark from 7th December 2009. The Copenhagen treaty is expected to replace the Kyoto Protocol which was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, in December 1997 and entered into force on 16th February 2005. The Kyoto Protocol which had binding targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emission was signed and ratified by 184 parties of the UN Climate Convention. The only noticeable exception to the protocol th