U.S., China, India and Other Nations Arrive at Non-Binding Agreement at U.N. Climate Summit

COPENHAGEN--The U.S., China, India and South Africa form the core of a growing group of nations that have agreed upon a commitment to combat climate change , concluding a grueling two weeks of negotiations in the Danish capital here as part of the United Nations' climate summit. The so-called "Copenhagen Accord" will not be legally binding but will list in annexed documents, for the first time, commitments from both developed and developing countries to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases . [More]

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