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Denmark, a Global Climate Policy Leader, Strains to Live Up to High Ambitions

Inside Climate News · By Dan Gearino · last updated
A country known for climate action has already achieved many of the easy steps of decarbonizing. The next stuff is hard and takes time.

By Dan Gearino

BORNHOLM, Denmark—On many maps of Denmark, the island of Bornholm appears as an inset box because it’s so far away from the rest of the country.

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Talks are well underway in preparation for the next major international meeting on climate change, 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), scheduled to begin Nov. 30 in the United Arab Emirates. 

Much like last year’s COP27, finances — specifically, aid to developing nations — will be at the center of conference deliberations.

The conference faces an even greater sense of urgency brought on by the Sept. 8, 2023, release of the first global stocktake, which calls for accelerated action to meet the goals set in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (COP21). 

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