Understand - Ten Fights That Made the Green Movement: 5. Brokenhagen
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Hundreds of world leaders are gathered in Copenhagen, 2009, with high hopes of securing a historic climate deal. And the Chinese premier has gone missing. US President Obama rushes through the corridors of the conference centre - on a mission to gatecrash China’s secret rendez-vous with its allies.
This is just the final day of a two-week conference that has felt more like a thriller movie than an exercise in diplomacy.
How did one global conference expose the faultlines in international climate collaboration that are still seen today?
Presenter: Justin Rowlatt
Producer: Rachel Naylor
Series Producer: Ellie House
Editor: Matt Willis
Sound Design and Mix: James Beard
Production Coordinators: Maria Ogundele, Brenda Brown, Sabine Schereck
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Published on Monday, 13th July 2026.
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