Climate Countdown: Largest Climate Summit in World History Opens in Copenhagen

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12/07/2009

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Climate Countdown: Largest Climate Summit in World History Opens in Copenhagen Democracy Now! broadcasts live from Copenhagen from inside the Bella Center, where thousands of delegates from over 190 countries are gathering for the largest climate summit in history. Over the next two weeks, 100 world leaders are expected to attend the UN conference that has been described by some scientists as the most important the world has ever seen. We play highlights from the opening ceremony with the mayor of Copenhagen, Ritt Bjerregaard; Rajendra Pachauri, the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; and Yvo de Boer, the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, speaking on Sunday.

Democracy Now! (6 am) - December 7, 2009 at 6:00am

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