Copenhagen climate change conference in pictures: Day nine

Ned Gardiner, Climate Visualization Project Manager, at The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, explains and demonstrates a projected representation of the earth at the United Nations Climate Change Conference on December 15, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/guardian.co.uk

An environmental activist climb steel scaffolding to hang a banner during a demonstration in Copenhagen on December 15, 2009 on the sidelines of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference. Photograph: Andreas Hillergren/guardian.co.uk

Espen Ronneberg (2ndR), Climate Change Adviser for the Secretariat of the Pacific Program on the Environment (SPREP), Ma'afu Tukui'aulahi (R) Minister of Environment of Tonga, Rebecca Asigau, representing Papua New Guinea and Maylin Sese, witness of climate change for Solomons Islands attend a press conference on "Sinking Islands - The Pacific voice" at the Bella center of Copenhagen on December 15, 2009 on the 9th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference. Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/guardian.co.uk

Environmental activists demonstrate in Copenhagen on December 15, 2009 on the sidelines of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference. Photograph: Andreas Hillergren/guardian.co.uk

(From L) Paul de Clerck from the NGO "Friends of the Earth International," Dorothy Guerrero from NGO "Focus on the Global South" and Canadian author Naomi Klein annouces the winner of the Angry Mermaid award, given to the company which has done the most to sabotage effective action to tackle climate change, at the Bella center of Copenhagen on December 15, 2009 on the the 9th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference. Monsanto received 37% of the votes ahead of Royal Dutch Shell 18% and the American Petroleum Institute 14%. Photograph: Olivier Morin/guardian.co.uk

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon attends a meeting at the Bella center of Copenhagen on December 15, 2009 on the 9th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference. Photograph: Olivier Morin/guardian.co.uk

Environmental activists hold a demonstration in the centre of Copenhagen on December 15, 2009 in Copenhagen. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/guardian.co.uk

An environmental activist of the organisation "Follow The Oil Money" stage a protest at the Bella center of Copenhagen on December 15, 2009 on the 9th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference. Photograph: ATTILA KISBENEDEK/guardian.co.uk

A woman drinks in front of a sign promoting environmental solutions at the Bella center in Copenhagen on December 15, 2009 on the the 9th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/guardian.co.uk

Archbishop Desmond Tutu reacts during an Oxfam international climate hearing at the Bella center of Copenhagen on December 15, 2009 on the 9th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference. Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/guardian.co.uk

(LtoR) Edward Yau Hong Kong mayor, Michael Bloomberg New York mayor, Ritt Bjerregaard Copenhagen mayor and David Millar Toronto mayor attend the opening of the Mayors Climate Meeting at Copenhagen Town Hall, Denmark, 15 December 2009. More than 75 mayors from cities around the world are taking part in the Mayors Climate Meeting in Copenhagen. Photograph: Casper Chrsitoffersen/guardian.co.uk

View into one of the halls of the Bella Center in Copenhagen where the UN Climate Summit is underway on December 15, 2009. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says rich and poor countries must "stop pointing fingers" and raise their climate targets to salvage faltering talks on a global warming pact. Photograph: Heribert Proepper/guardian.co.uk

Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren (2ndR), whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, Swedish Climate Ambassador Staffan Tillander (C), Swedish State Secretary Asa-Britt Karlsson (L) attend an EU Environment Ministers meeting at the Bella center in Copenhagen on December 15, 2009 on the the 9th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference. Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/guardian.co.uk

Kenyan professor Wangari Maathai(C), Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Congo Basin Forrest Fund (CBFF) Co-Chairman, and Bernard Fautrier(R), Vice President of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation sign a memorandum of understanding Monday December 14. 2009 at Hotel Marriott in Copenhagen. Sitting at left is CBFF Co-Chairman Paul Martin, former prime minister of Canada. Standing at left is Prince Albert II of Monaco. Photograph: Casper Christoffersen/guardian.co.uk

Police direct a participant from Mali to wait in a queue before entering the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009, also known as COP15, at the Bella center in Copenhagen December 15, 2009. Photograph: Christian Charisius/guardian.co.uk

Riot police raid a block of flats after clashes at Christiania in Copenhagen December 14, 2009. Photograph: Christian Charisius/guardian.co.uk

Demonstrators hurl bottles and bricks during riots at Christiania December 14, 2009. Police detained up to 200 people after protesters set fire to street barricades in a downtown Copenhagen neighborhood. Protesters hurled fire bombs at helmeted riot officers who responded with tear gas. Photograph: Thibault Camus/guardian.co.uk

Policemen arrest activists after clashes at Christiania in Copenhagen December 14, 2009. Photograph: Scanpix Denmark/guardian.co.uk

A woman works on a visual update with reflections, comments and explanations set up in the Bella center at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/guardian.co.uk

Bernarditas Muller, negotiator from the Philippines and G77 on climate change and South Centre advisor, speaks during a press conference at the Bella center of Copenhagen on December 14, 2009 on the the 8th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference. Photograph: ATTILA KISBENEDEK/guardian.co.uk

Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (R) talks with the President of the Maldvies Mohammed Nasheed (L) prior to a bilateral meeting on December 14, 2009 at Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark. The president of the Maldives on Monday made an impassioned plea for major emission cuts to save his island chain from being engulfed by rising seas. Photograph: Niels Ahlmann Olesen/guardian.co.uk

Russian Alexander Bedritsky, advisor to the President of Russian Federation on issues of climate change speaks during a press conference at the Bella center of Copenhagen in December 14, 2009 on the the 8th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference. Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/guardian.co.uk