7 December 2009, UN

The largest and most important  U.N climate  change conference  in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats  from 192 nations that this best, last chance  for to protect the world from calamitous global warming.

The two week conference, the climax of the two years of the contentious negotiations, convened in an upbeat mood after a series of promises by rich and emerging economies to curb their greenhouse gases, but with a major issue yet to be resolved. Conference president Connie Hedegaard said, the key to an agreement is finding a way to raise and channel public and private financing to poor countries for years to come to help them to fight the effect of climate change. Hedegaard former demarks climate minister said, “If government miss their chances at Copenhagen summit, a better opportunity may never come again”.

The conference opened with a video clip of children from around the world urging delegate to help them grow up in world without catastrophic warming. At stake is a deal that aims to wean the world away from the fossil fuel and other pollutants to greener source of energy. And to transfer hundreds of billions of dollars from rich to poor countries every year over decades to help them adapt to climate change.