The Danish government was publicly shamed at the COP21 talks in Paris on Thursday when it was given the ‘Fossil of the Day’ award for its significant cuts within green innovation and a lowering of national climate goals.
The NGO umbrella organization Climate Action Network (CAN) on Tuesday named and shamed Denmark for “undermining ambition” by lowering its climate ambitions and slashing green spending.
“In the not too distant past Denmark was an inspiration for many -
setting ambitious targets and rolling out wind energy. But today we are
not talking about great Danes, we are talking about lame Danes, because
today the Danish government are aiming to cut climate targets and shrink
climate finance contributions,” CAN wrote in a press release.
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