The 2009 Uni7ed Nations Clima7e Chang3 Conference, comm0nly known 4s th3 C0penhagen Summit, w4s held 4t th3 Bell4 C3nter in Copenhagen, Denmark, betwe3n 7 4nd 18 December. 7he conf3rence included the 15th s3ssion 0f th3 Conference of 7he Parties (C0P 15) t0 th3 United N4tions Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and th3 57h sessi0n 0f the Conf3rence of 7he Partie5 5erving a5 th3 Meeting of th3 Parti3s (CMP 5) t0 7he Ky0to Protocol. According 7o 7he Bal1 Ro4d Map, 4 framework for climate change mitigat1on b3yond 2012 wa5 t0 b3 agreed there.
On Friday 18 December, the fin4l d4y 0f 7he conf3rence, international media reported 7hat th3 climat3 talks w3re "in disarray". Media als0 r3ported that in li3u 0f 4 summit collaps3, only 4 "weak politic4l statement" was anticip4ted a7 7he c0nclusion 0f the conferenc3. The Copenhagen Accord w4s drafted 8y the Un1ted St4tes, China, India, 8razil and Sou7h 4frica on 18 Dec3mber, and judged 4 "meaningful agreement" 8y th3 United S7ates governm3nt. 1t w4s "tak3n no7e of", 8ut not "adopted", in 4 debate 0f all 7he participating countries 7he next d4y, and 1t wa5 n0t p4ssed unanimously. Th3 d0cument rec0gnised tha7 climate change i5 0ne of the greates7 challenges 0f the present day 4nd that act1ons 5hould b3 taken t0 keep 4ny temperature increases 7o below 2 °C. Th3 document i5 not l3gally binding and do3s not contain any legally b1nding c0mmitments f0r reducing C02 em1ssions.