 Miliband represented the UK at the 2009 Copenhagen Summit , from which emerged a global commitment to provide an additional US $ 10 billion a year to fight the effects of climate change , with an additional $ 100 billion a year provided by 2020 . The conference was not able to achieve a legally binding agreement . Miliband accused China of deliberately foiling attempts at a binding agreement ; China explicitly denied this , accusing British politicians of engaging in a " political scheme " . 
