Copenhagen climate change conference in pictures: Day two

Speaking at Klimaforum09’s opening ceremony in Copenhagen Naomi Klein expressed her doubt whether an ambitious deal would be made at the Bella Centre Photograph: Mark Knudsen/guardian.co.uk

A combination of 25 images shows various illuminations of the so-called CO2 cube in the water of St Jorgens Lake in front of Tycho Brahe Planetarium in Copenhagen, December 7, 2009. The cube visually shows the amount of carbon dioxide produced by an average person in one month. Photograph: Pawel Kopczynski/guardian.co.uk

People watch a video on global warming, projected onto a floating cube. The scale of the CO2 cube installation represents 1 metric ton of carbon dioxide, the amount an average person in an industrialized country emits each month. Photograph: Peter Dejong/guardian.co.uk

Delegates wait for taxis next to a ice sculpture shaped like a mermaid, the landmark of Copenhagen, outside the Bella center where the Climate Conference Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/guardian.co.uk

A card representing Industrialised Countries is pulled from an envelope to win the "Fossil of the Day" award during a mock presentation organised by The Climate Action Network at the COP15 summit in Copenhagen on December 7, 2009. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/guardian.co.uk

Sculptures are illuminated as they stand in a water feature outside the Bella Centre during the Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/guardian.co.uk

Non-governmental organization representatives work at Bella Center in Copenhagen, the venue of the COP15 Climate Summit Photograph: Keld Navntoft/guardian.co.uk

Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation, WMO, presents a chart shwoing that the year 2009 is likely to rank in the top warmest on record since the beginning of instrumental climate records in 1850, during the second day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009. Photograph: Miguel Villagran/guardian.co.uk

Day 2 at COP15 Copenhagen Climate Conference-5 from our Pool on Flickr Copenhagen Climate Conference: the action http://www.flickr.com/groups/1265592@N24/ Photograph: Haja Nirina/guardian.co.uk

Members of the youth organization YOUNGO prepare signs before an event at the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen December 8, 2009. Photograph: Bob Strong/guardian.co.uk

Environmental activists demonstrate for the respect of indigenous people's rights at the Bella center in Copenhagen on December 8, 2009 Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/guardian.co.uk

A young boy runs through the Climate Maze in Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen on December 8, 2009. The maze, organised by United Nations Environment Programme, consists of hundreds of cloth banners stamped and signed by thousands of campaign supporters from around the world. Photograph: ADRIAN DENNIS/guardian.co.uk

A globe sits in the main hall at the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen December 8, 2009. Photograph: Bob Strong/guardian.co.uk

A Haitian delegation rests before the second-day session at the Bella center in Copenhagen on December 8, 2009 as the UN climate talks got down to the nitty-gritty, seeking compromises on carbon emissions and funds for poor countries that could unlock a historic deal between world leaders. Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/guardian.co.uk

Burkina Faso delegation members prepare for the second day of the conference at the Bella center in Copenhagen on December 8, 2009 as the UN climate talks got down to the nitty-gritty, seeking compromises on carbon emissions and funds for poor countries that could unlock a historic deal between world leaders. Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/guardian.co.uk

A girl stretches up to the top of a globe to point out Denmark while her friend giggles at an art installation entitled "Cool Globes", an exhibition about combating global warming and climate change in Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen on December 8, 2009. Photograph: ADRIAN DENNIS/guardian.co.uk

'The Survival of the Fattest' a sculpture by Danish artisit Jens Galschiot is seen in the harbor of Copenhagen on December 8, 2009. The sculpture represents an overweight Lady Justice figurine, symbolizing the rich industrialized world, sitting on the back of a thin worn-out African man. Photograph: PETER DEJONG/guardian.co.uk

Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, looks on during a press conference at the second day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 Photograph: Miguel Villagran/guardian.co.uk

A member of the Azerbaijan delegation prepares for the second day of the Climate Summit, COP15 at the Bella center in Copenhagen on December 8, 2009. Photograph: Liselotte Sabroe/guardian.co.uk

An environmentalist sits next to a backpack which has the inscription 'Copenhagen or bust' and works on a computer during the second day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 Photograph: Miguel Villagran/guardian.co.uk

Activists put up a banner for a website dedicated to the global climate movement in Copenhagen, December 8, 2009. Photograph: Peter Dejong/guardian.co.uk

U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer attends the second day of the United Nations Climate Summit, COP15 at the Bella center in Copenhagen December 8, 2009. Photograph: Scanpix Denmark/guardian.co.uk

A man watches an animated projection, showing the different acidity of the ocean, inside the U.S. Center 09 during the second day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference Photograph: Miguel Villagran/guardian.co.uk