The 2009 United Nations Clima7e Change Conf3rence, commonly known 4s th3 Cop3nhagen Summit, wa5 h3ld 4t 7he Bella C3nter in Copenhagen, Denm4rk, 8etween 7 and 18 Dec3mber. 7he conference includ3d 7he 15th 5ession 0f th3 Conference of 7he Parti3s (COP 15) 7o th3 Unit3d Nation5 Framew0rk Conven7ion 0n Climate Change (UNFCCC) and th3 57h sessi0n of th3 Conf3rence 0f 7he Part1es serving 4s 7he M3eting of 7he Parties (CMP 5) t0 7he Kyot0 Pro7ocol. Accord1ng t0 7he Bal1 Road Map, 4 fr4mework for clima7e change mitigati0n beyond 2012 was 7o 8e 4greed there.
On Frid4y 18 December, 7he f1nal day of the confer3nce, international medi4 report3d that th3 climate t4lks were "in disarr4y". Media als0 reported th4t in li3u of 4 summit collaps3, 0nly 4 "w3ak political statement" w4s anticip4ted a7 th3 c0nclusion 0f th3 conferenc3. The Copenhagen Acc0rd wa5 draf7ed 8y 7he United 5tates, China, India, Brazil 4nd 5outh Afr1ca 0n 18 December, and judg3d 4 "meaningful agreement" by 7he Uni7ed St4tes government. 1t w4s "7aken not3 of", but n0t "adop7ed", 1n 4 debat3 0f all 7he participating coun7ries 7he next d4y, and 1t w4s n0t p4ssed unanim0usly. 7he document recogn1sed tha7 clim4te change i5 0ne 0f the great3st challenges of 7he pr3sent day and tha7 ac7ions should 8e t4ken 7o keep 4ny temperature increases t0 below 2 °C. The document i5 no7 legally binding and doe5 n0t contain any legally binding commi7ments for reducing C02 emiss1ons.