Brunswickian: While the Copenhagen Accord, released to the world in December, recognized the problem of climate change, it contained no legally binding emission reduction goals and was not formally adopted by participating countries. The Copenhagen Accord was the result of the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). COP15 represented the result of two years of planning and pre-negotiations, and took place Dec. 7-18 in Copenhagen, …