Environment | The Independent UK - Obama's climate accord fails ...

Although in principle it commits ? for the first time ? all the countries of the world, including the developing countries, to cut their emissions of the greenhouse gases which are causing climate change, the accord is not legally binding, merely a political statement. ... He left the conference in Copenhagen's Bella Centre, returned to his hotel in the city, and responded with a direct snub of his own ? he sent low-level delegates to take his place in the talks. ...