he message from Dubai is clear “The world is headed for a catastrophic rise in temperature, and we must pull together. Now!”. EU’s climate service (Copernicus) reported that 2023 is the warmest year ever recorded. According to the scientists, we are heading towards a temperature increase of 2.9 degrees by the end of the century.
- Denmark is fourth in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI 2023). However, there is no country in the first three places, as no country has shown a good enough effort against climate change. How could Denmark do better? A tax on agriculture and on biomass. In fact, Denmark should stop promoting biomass as an alternative source of energy.
- Denmark will give 175 million DKK to the new Climate Fund. However, they will take most of that money from development aid meant for poor countries. In fact Denmark’s contribution to development and climate aid has reduced in the last decade from 0.9% from the national gross income to 0.7% today.
