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In Copenhagen, a draft is being drawn up that will allow action to curb the rise in temperature, but only beyond 2 degrees Celsius above average

The end of the climate conference in Copenhagen was postponed until this morning (Saturday) in the absence of a final agreement. Many are opposed to this draft, which entails defeat * "I didn't come to talk, I came to do" said US President Obama when he appeared at the Copenhagen conference

The melting polar bear statue in Copenhagen. A performance designed to illustrate the situation to the conference attendees
The melting polar bear statue in Copenhagen. A performance designed to illustrate the situation to the conference attendees
The participants of the conference are working right now in preparation for the end of the conference on a new draft to achieve the agreement. This draft was leaked to the media and was nicknamed the "Copenhagen Agreement". According to the new draft, the requirement to submit a legal document by the end of 2010 was removed from the new draft. The document still calls for limiting the average temperature rise to two degrees Celsius.

In the absence of an agreement on the last day of the conference, the UN appealed to the heads of state participating in the conference to stay overnight to try to reach an agreement. "The UN Secretary-General asked the leaders not to leave tonight," said EU Environment Commissioner Stavarones Dimas. "I cannot imagine 120 heads of state returning to their countries empty handed. Everyone expressed a commitment to fight the hack changes, so they did it" he concluded.

An official American source said that the President of the United States, Barack Obama, reached an agreement regarding the climate with the Prime Minister of China, Wen Jibao, the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, and the President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma. According to him, the agreement is significant, which is not enough to fight climate change, but is an "important first step". Some believe that agreeing to an average rise of two degrees is tantamount to defeat and is destructive to many breeding areas such as the habitat of polar bears, and low-lying islands that will be flooded.

"I didn't come to talk, I came to do" said US President Barack Obama when he appeared yesterday (Friday) at the climate conference in Copenhagen. Represent the largest economy in the world and the second country in the amount of greenhouse gas emissions, America is responsible and will continue to promote the green economy and this time it will act stronger and together with the rest of the world. said.

He told the heads of state who gathered near the end of the conference that it is essential to establish a mechanism that will monitor whether the various states are fulfilling their obligations and transmit this information in transparent ways. Without this transparency, any agreement will amount to empty words on a sheet of paper.

Mediating transparency and funding - this is the simple formula that will advance the principle of common but differentiated responsibility according to the capabilities of each country and it has added a significant chord - one that will take us to a place we have never been before as an international community," said Obama.

Finally, he urged the leaders of the countries to choose activity over inactivity, with courage and determination. "We must live up to our responsibilities to our peoples and the future of the planet." Obama concluded.

The president of the climate conference on behalf of the United Nations, Connie Hedgard, said that failure in Copenhagen is not an option. "If the world fails to reach a political consensus at the climate conference, this will demonstrate that the entire global democratic system is unable to achieve results in one of the decisive challenges of our century," she said.

The melting bear

One of the attractions that awaited the attendees of the conference was a performance on behalf of the Polar Bear Project, a non-profit that deals in art and which created a life-size ice sculpture of a polar bear near the WWF facilities (International Organization for the Conservation of Animals) in the center of Copenhagen. The bear represents the sensitive environment of the earth.

Many approached the bear, and transferred their body heat to the bear and caused it to melt, thus symbolizing the influence of humans on the environment. Over time, the statue gradually melted, which demonstrated the beauty and fragility of the Arctic region not only to the attendees of the conference and the residents of Denmark, but to many viewers around the world who watched the broadcast on the Internet.

During the year, the company sponsored the Kaltin Arctic Survey - a pioneering scientific project designed to measure the thickness and density of the floating ice in the Arctic Ocean.

The findings presented at the seminar as part of the climate conference emphasized that the ocean will be mostly free of ice during the summer in about a decade, which will cause a large rise in sea level all over the world.

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