Environment ministers get together

Environment ministers from around the world have gathered at the UN Climate Change Conference. The most recognized US campaigner on the issue, former US Vice President Al Gore, also arrived in Copenhagen to attend Monday's meeting.

Gore was expected to view the presentation of a report on melting ice and rising sea levels. The gathering is focused on demands by developing countries that developed nations raise their pledges for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore gestures as he joins cabinet  ministers from Nordic countries for discussion on Greenland's ice  sheet at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday,  Dec. 14, 2009. With a week for the climate summit to end, the  split between the developing and developed world became sharper  as ministers of the world's nations started to arrive for a  crucial second week of climate talks.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)