Copenhagen Conference Begins Struggle

Opening the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen,Denmark on Monday,Connie Hedegaard,Conference President,said this is the time to commit.And it is doable.Fifteen thousand delegates will strive for agreement for two weeks.U.S. delegate John Pershing remarked that the science on the issue is incredibly robust.Ms.Hedegaard,however,felt that the delegates were not there yet.In the next few weeks,she explained,we have to work really hard and find both public and private money for the efforts.We must get it done now.Compromise,agree,find concrete solutions.Leaders have made it very clear:they expect to adopt an agreement 11 days from now.Let's mark this meeting in history:the entrance to the low carbon age.Let's get it done,and let's get it done now,Ms.Hedegaard urged.
The delegates were shown a video dramatization of a young Caucasian girl suffering at the hands of global warming.In spite of a last minute controversy over rambunctious emails from a conference supporter,most governments are on board with the vast majority of the world's scientists,and are determined to address the issue of climate change with definite measures.