ABSTRACT
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting, popularly known as the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15), was held in December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Up to and during COP15, many politicians, researchers and media representatives described the summit as a critical step in developing a global response to the threat of climate change caused by human activity. Held annually, COP meetings are and continue to be a forum for the on-going process of international negotiation and political communication on climate change. The COP15 goal was to agree on a new climate protocol to replace the Kyoto Protocol adopted on 11 December 1997 that entered into force on 16 February 2005. This objective was not reached at COP15, and instead of a legally binding agreement, the UN launched a political one, the Copenhagen Accord.
