After a tight situation and some arduous arguments, finally Copenhagen Climate Summit managed to reach a ‘meaningful deal’ which according to one of the US Officials was a ‘historic step forward’. As the final point of this 2 weeks meeting, a reported agreement was emerged involving President Obama, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and South African President Jacob Zuma. However, responding to Friday’s developments, Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven expressed his disappointment.

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Now that President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have returned from Copenhagen with a draft accord committing China, India, and the United States to a new era of climate action, the obligation lies on the U.S. Senate to pass ambitious clean energy legislation. Unfortunately, many members continue refuse the deal. In particular, members who previously used China and India’s lack of commitment to emissions reductions as an excuse for being functional are now trying to redefine the Copenhagen Accord as meaningless. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) led the pack, calling the accord a “nothing-burger”

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By making a ‘climate deal’ in Copenhagen last week, Obama has made it clear that he is going to put up more concern for comprehensive climate legislation in the Senate next year. White House spokesman Ben LaBolt said the fact that “countries like China and India set carbon-intensity targets for the first time in history” should bolster the administration’s legislative effort.

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