DENMARK READY TO HELP DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

The Danish goverment announced Tuesday that Denmark is prepared to pay Dkr 1.2 billion ($238 mio.) to help developing countries adapt to climate change, provided that a global climate deal is reached in Copenhagen.

“We want to send a clear signal to other nations that finance is needed on the negotiating table in Copenhagen. Without finance for the poorest countries that are to be hardest hit by climate change there will be no climate deal,” says Ulla Tørnæs, the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation.

Read the full article here and the announcement from the government here (in Danish only)