1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/Denmark Readies U-Turn on Ambitious Climate Targetsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="xNJ95sLTvy"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/denmark-readies-u-turn-on-ambitious-climate-targets/">Denmark Readies U-Turn on Ambitious Climate Targets</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/denmark-readies-u-turn-on-ambitious-climate-targets/embed/#?secret=xNJ95sLTvy" width="600" height="338" title="“Denmark Readies U-Turn on Ambitious Climate Targets” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="xNJ95sLTvy" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Denmark's widening budget deficit is forcing its policy makers to take some hard decisions in the very area where they are considered global role models: the fight against climate change. Denmark's Liberal government is to reverse ambitious CO2 emission targets introduced by the previous administration. It will also drop plans to phase out coal-fired power plants and become fossil-fuel free by 2050, according to leaked documents first reported by newspaper Information. The news about Denmark's cost-cutting measures, which also include a reduction in green funding initiatives worth 340 million kroner ($51.5 million) through 2019, came on the same day on which U.S. President Barack Obama issued a global appeal for urgent action in the buildup to a United Nations summit in Paris in December. --Peter Levring, Bloomberg, 1 September 2015https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_Climate-Talks-cartoon-Morten-Morland.jpg