Nations have 12 Days left to join Copenhagen Accord.

Cuba rejects non-binding agreement put together by President Obama (U.S.), Premier Wen Jiabao (China), President Zuma (South Africa), PM Singh (India) and President Lula de Silva (Brazil).  Thus far only nine countries have submitted formal commitments.  These include Turkey, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Serbia, Ghana and the Maldives and the three latest partiscipants: Australia, France and Cananda.  The five countries who brokered the document, the United States, China, South Africa, Brazil and India have not yet presented their formal submittal but the European Union has indicated their 27 nations are in support of the agreement along with Ethiopia and Grenada.  This leaves 190 nations not yet heard from.

Each countries participating is expected to submit a detail pledge to cut emissions, which are attributed with causing global warming.

Today (yesterday?) Prime Minister John Key of New Zealand was quoted as saying

New Zealand will not be signing a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the post-2012 period under the Copenhagen Accord’s deadline of February 1.

Keys states that New Zealand will sign the Accord eventually but not by February 1 deadline.