Denmark's Government Readies U-Turn on Ambitious Climate Targets
- Move coincides with Obama making global climate appeal
- Finance minister says Denmark is still environmental leader
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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.