December the 7th 2009 cannot arrive fast enough for all of us at BigGreenSmile when all the leading ministers from 192 countries will meet to discuss the major issues facing the planet.

How do we reduce our carbon emissions to prevent catastrophic rise in global temperatures whilst making it work for all countries involved to gain the necessary buy in to any agreements made?

How do we create clear and reachable goals to massively reduce emissions by 2050? With experts quoting a reduction of 50% carbon emissions is required to restrain global warming there is a lot to do.

The negotiations required to satisfy both the developed and developing countries will prove to be the crux of any potential new agreement.  More countries need to buy in to the required targets with both the USA and China having a massive part to play in the required change.

Let’s hope they get it on!

Countdown to the Copenhagen summit: 

May

27-28 Santa Clara California – Sustainability Summit

June

1-12 Bonn-United Nations Convention on Climate Change

1-3 San Fransisco-Photovoltaics Summit

2-5 Shanghai – International Symposium on Climate Change

15 Rome- Sustainable International Forum

23-25 Bologna-Energy 7 Sustainability

July

30 June -3 Ilulissat- TheGreenland Dialogue on Climate Change

6-10 Havana-7th International conference on Climate Change

8-10 L’Aquila- G8 Summit

August

16-21 Brisbane-10th International Congress on Ecology

31-Sept 4th- Geneva Third World Climate Conference

September

3 Chania, Crete 11th International Conference on Environmental Science & Technology

14-18 Cracow-The Second Environmental Best practices

15-16 Davos-World Resource Forum

October

26-28 Aligarh, India-International Conference of Emerging Technologies in environmentalScience and Engineering

November

20-6 Kuwait-Congress on Alternative Energy Applications

12-14 Agadair, Morocco-The Integration of Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development

December

7-18 Copenhagen-UN Climate Change Conference (Time to get in on!)