Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 47

23-Nov-2009

GENERAL

Obama Urges Copenhagen Climate Deal With Immediate Effect

Speaking in Beijing on 18 November, where he met Chinese leaders to discuss a number of topics, President Barack Obama said the upcoming Copenhagen conference on climate change should produce not a partial accord or a political declaration but rather an accord that covers all of the issues in the negotiations and one that has immediate operational effect. The gathering in Denmark...