Leaders from around the world attended the conference. In the end, after many last minute meetings, an agreement called the Copenhagen Accord was reached.

However the Copenhagen Accord did not go as far as the UK and many others wanted. For example it did not commit countries to reduce by specific amounts the carbon dioxide and other polluting gases they produce.

This means that there is still a lot of work to do. Next year there will be more meetings and hopefully more agreements. The Accord is a start, and it does have some important things in it. Countries have agreed to try and keep temperature rises around the world limited to two degrees. Rich countries like the UK and the USA have also agreed to give money to help those countries, particularly in Africa, who will be worst affected if the world gets hotter and who cannot afford to protect their people against climate change.

It is vital that we build on the Copenhagen Accord and get a further agreement soon. If we don’t the result will be a rise in temperature that will threaten millions of people through sea level rises and drought, and make it much harder for us all to live our lives.