After 2 weeks of deal making, yesterday at the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagan, the major nations of the world delivered a 12 paragraph accord with specific targets for reducing climate change.

The deal worked out in Copenhagen was forged by major emitters to curb greenhouse gases, to help developing nations build clean-energy economies.  However critics say that even if the greenhouse emission targets were reached that they are woefully inadequate to significantly reduce climate change and the melting of the polar ice caps.

While the accord that was reached may not be enforceable, it is a step in the right direction. More meaningful talks will need to take place between the 30 countries responsible for 90 percent of global warming emissions. Perhaps a smaller group of countries can achieve more with more focused direction.

President Obama has reenergized the US position on the global warming just in time for the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Conference this week.  President Obama said it would be a legally binding climate treaty calling for an ambitious reduction in carbon dioxide–83 percent by 2050. 

President Obama and a large delegation of political leaders from the US will be attending the conference personally.   Keep your fingers crossed that the US, China and India all manage to do the right thing