France – Addressing the Challenge of Climate Change

Communiqué issued by the Presidency of the Republic after the announcement by President Obama to attend the Copenhagen Summit on December 18.

Interview given by Jean-Louis Borloo, Minister for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Marine Affairs, to the “La Tribune” newspaper on Nov. 27, 2009: “Copenhagen can and must succeed. We can achieve a specific political agreement, which commits, which contains figures country by country.”

44 environment and climate ministers met in a closed-door session in Copenhagen for a final preparatory meeting to review the situation before the international conference in December.

“For a global deal in Copenhagen that is ambitious and fair.” Joint article by Bernard Kouchner, French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, and six other European Foreign Ministers. Published in the French newspaper Liberation on November 16.

This negotiation session under the auspices of the UN was held in Barcelona, Spain, from November 2-6, 2009. The second-to-last session before Copenhagen, it brought together more than 4,000 delegates from 180 countries. Read about the main results.