U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives at a news conference during the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen December 17, 2009. Photograph: Christian Charisius/guardian.co.ukDanish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (L) shakes hands with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao before their bilateral meeting at the Raddisson Scandinavia Hotel in Copenhagen on December 17, 2009. Photograph: Claus Bech/guardian.co.ukUS senator James Inhofe makes a press statement at the Bella Center in Copenhagen on December 17, 2009 on the 11th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference. The Senate's top critic of legislation on climate change told the Copenhagen summit that the United States will not take action, calling the issue a concern for the "Hollywood elite." Inhofe flew to the Danish capital for a visit of just two hours in between votes in Washington, hoping to undercut President Barack Obama's pledges to take a leadership role on climate. Photograph: AXEL SCHMIDT/guardian.co.uk
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba (R) speaks with Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha during the plenary session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen on December 17, 2009 Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/guardian.co.ukSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon(R) speaks with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikha Hassina Wajed (L) and Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen(2nd-R), prior to a working lunch with G77, African and LDC groups, in the Secretary-General's office at the Bella CentrePhotograph: Mark Garten/guardian.co.uk Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika arrive at Copenhagen Airport in Denmark to attend the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference 2009, or COP15, in Copenhagen, Denmark on 16 December 2009. Photograph: HO/guardian.co.ukIndonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his wife sit is a car after their arrival at Copenhagen's airportPhotograph: Stefan Kai Nielsen/guardian.co.ukCuban Vice President: Esteban Lazo Hernandez arrives at Copenhagen's airport in Denmark to attend the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference on December 16, 2009. Photograph: Kim Agersten/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Kim Agersten/guardian.co.ukAmerican actress Darryl Hannah speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Copenhagen Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Wednesday Dec. 16, 2009. Photograph: Virginia Mayo/guardian.co.ukAntonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles gestures during a debate at the Climate Summit for Mayors at the Copenhagen City Hall on December 16 2009. Photograph: Anders Debel Hansen/guardian.co.ukRichard Branson, CEO for Virgin Groups, gestures during a debate at the Climate Summit for Mayors at the Copenhagen City Hall Photograph: Scanpix Denmark/guardian.co.ukSenator John Kerry, of Massachusetts, makes a point as he delivers his speech during a side event at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, December 16, 2009. Photograph: Heribert Proepper/guardian.co.ukBolivian President Juan Evo Morales gestures as he arrives for a press conference at the climate summit in Copenhagen on December 16, 2009. Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/guardian.co.ukVenezuela's President Hugo Chavez (C) upon arrival at Copenhagen Airport in Denmark, to attend COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009. Photograph: STEEN WREM / DANISH FOREIGN AFFA/guardian.co.uk Israeli President Shimon Peres as he arives in Copenhagen, Denmark, 16 December 2009. President Peres will be attending the UN Climate Change Conference (COP15) being held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen. Photograph: HO/guardian.co.ukBritain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown gives a short TV interview as he arrives for a meeting at a hotel beside the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen December 15, 2009. Photograph: Christian Charisius/guardian.co.ukAustralia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd addresses a news conference at a hotel beside the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen December 15, 2009. Photograph: Christian Charisius/guardian.co.ukDanish Crown Prince Frederik (2L) attends the opening ceremony of the High Level Segment of The United Nations Climate Change Conference on December 15, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/guardian.co.ukLebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (R) attends the welcoming ceremony of the high level segment at the Bella center in Copenhagen on December 15, 2009 on the 9th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference.Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/guardian.co.ukLimousines being filled with bioethanol before the climate summit. The Copenhagen climate conference is leaving a giant carbon footprint. What are world leaders doing to cut their own carbon trail? Who's taking a commercial flight instead of a private jet, and who's taking the train? Photograph: Thorkild Amdi/guardian.co.ukA handout image released by the Danish Foreign Affaris Ministry shows Britain's Prince Charles (C) and members of his delegation upon arrival at Copenhagen Airport in Denmark, to attend COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009. upon arrival at Copenhagen Airport, Denmark 15 December 2009, to attend the COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Prince Charles plans to urge the UN Copenhagen conference to take "comprehensive and all-embracing" action to avert a climate change disaster, his office said 15 December. Photograph: Kim Agersten/HO/guardian.co.ukCalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to media as he leaves his hotel Sct. Petri, downtown of Copenhagen, Denmark, 15 December 2009. Schwarzenegger will attend a press conference at the UN Climate Change Conference COP15 at the Bella Center. Photograph: Claus Bech/guardian.co.ukPeople watch on TV California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger during his speech at the Bella center of Copenhagen on December 15, 2009 on the the 9th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference. Photograph: Olivier Morin/guardian.co.ukLondon Mayor Boris Johnson looks at a Copenhagen Wheel Bike presented on December 15, 2009 in Copenhagen. More than 75 mayors from cities around the world take part in the Mayors Climate Meeting in Copenhagen as a part of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference. The Copenhagen Wheel Bike is a electrical hybrid bike, which can measure the power of the biker and the state of the surrounding enviroment.Photograph: Casper Christoffersen/guardian.co.uk Kyoto's Mayor Daisaku Kadokaw has his photo taken while trying a new bike called Copenhagen Wheel Bike during the presentation in Copenhagen, Denmark on 15 December 2009. Photograph: Casper Christoffersen/guardian.co.ukNew York's mayor Michael Bloomberg, during the opening conference at the Future City Pavilion on City Hall Square in Copenhagen, December 15, 2009.Photograph: Dige Jens/guardian.co.ukArchbishop Desmond Tutu jokes with former Irish President Mary Robinson (L) before an Oxfam international climate hearing at the Bella center of Copenhagen on December 15, 2009 on the 9th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference. Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/guardian.co.ukNATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen upon arrival at Copenhagen Airport, Denmark 15 December 2009, to attend the COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Photograph: STEFAN KAIN NIELSEN / EKKO / HANDOUT/guardian.co.ukDanish Princess Victoria arrives with Michael Zammit Cutajar, chairman one of the UNFCCC working groups at the Bella center of Copenhagen on December 15, 2009 on the the 9th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference.Photograph: Adrian Dennis/guardian.co.ukZimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (R) signing a book upon arrival at Copenhagen Airport in Denmark 15 December 2009, to attend the COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Mugabe was one of the first of some 110 expected world leaders to arrive in the Danish capital. The controversial 85-year-old leader is banned from travelling to the European Union, but he is allowed to attend United Nations events such as Copenhagen's Climate Change Conference. Others are unidentified. Photograph: Kim Agersten/HO/guardian.co.ukUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon arrives at the Bella center in Copenhagen on December 15, 2009 on the the 9th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/guardian.co.ukBNP leader Nick Griffin speaks with a journalist at the Bella center of Copenhagen on December 15, 2009 on the 9th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference. Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/guardian.co.ukCrown Princess Mary (R) and Sydneys Mayor Clover Moore chat at a reception for mayors and business leaders held at the Royal Palace, Amalienborg, Christian VIII's Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark on the occasion of the Climate Summit, 14 December 2009. Photograph: Steen Brogaard/guardian.co.uk
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