The Danish government, which will host the crucial UN climate summit in December, wants to create an alliance with big business to promote an ambitious international climate agreement. As a result, it it has helped facilitate what may be this year’s biggest climate lobbying event: the World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen from 24 - 27 May.
Big business is putting forward a mixture of unproven technological fixes and evasive measures as the way to tackle climate change. The Danish government’s close cooperation with big business in the run-up to UN climate summit in December, carries the risk of undermining decisive international action on climate change.
Read more about the pro-business strategy of the Danish government in a new CEO-report, based upon a large number of internal documents from four Danish ministries, obtained through an access to information request:
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