U.S. President Obama told the UN Climate Change delegates in Copenhagen that the U.S. was willing to curtail greenhouse gases “in the range of” 17 percent, as measured against 2005 levels, by 2020.

Obama emphasized that the nations have to work together and put aside differences, saying, “While the science of climate change is not in doubt, I think our ability to take collective action is in doubt right now, and it hangs in the balance.”

The Copenhagen Climate Council is a global collaboration between international business and science founded by the leading independent think tank in Scandinavia, Monday Morning, based in Copenhagen. The councilors of the Copenhagen Climate Council have come together to create global awareness of the importance of the UN Climate Summit (COP15) in Copenhagen, December 2009, and to ensure technical and public support and assistance to global decision makers when agreeing on a new climate treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol from 1997.

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