In December this year, when homes across the UK are digging out decorations, buying presents and hanging lights, world leaders from 192 countries will meet at the United Nations Climate Change Conference between 7th-18th December 2009.

The aim of this event, which is being held in Copenhagen, is to establish an ambitious agreement incorporating all the countries in the world. The pressure is on to face facts and discuss how nations will work together to mitigate and manage the effects of climate change.

Some of the poorest countries in the world are already suffering from changing, severe and unpredictable weather patterns. This conference is crucial because time is running out. Conference organisers have acknowledged that 2009 represents 'more or less' the last chance to achieve agreement in time for it to make a difference.

The Kyoto Protocol which was negotiated in 1997 for reducing greenhouse gas emissions is now well out of date (and expires in 2012).

Read more about the conference here...

Nick Goodman from Greater Peterborough Partnership is attending the event in Denmark. He will be blogging regularly with updates about the events taking place.

Read Nick's Blog posts here...