Climate change constitutes one of the most serious challenges mankind has ever faced. The forecasted effects could be irreversible and devastating. This is a global problem that requires global solutions.
At the same time, we are facing a global energy challenge: the demand for energy is rising and conventional energy resources are declining. This is against the backdrop of an uncertain political climate and access to energy supplies. There is an urgent need to develop predictable, viable, sustainable and low carbon alternatives to fossil fuels.
World leaders must come together to produce an ambitious new climate agreement at COP15 in Copenhagen in December 2009.
The global emission reduction targets must be in line with IPCC recommendations. These reduction targets must be ambitious, long-term, and include near- and mid-term targets to ensure we stay on track. Ambitious targets must accompany mechanisms that will produce a price on carbon sufficiently high to change behaviour and investment decisions.
Wind energy plays a key role in combating climate change. Wind energy is an immediately deployable solution to the climate change challenge: it achieves near-term and low-cost emission reductions, secures independent energy supplies, and generates continued economic growth.
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The EU Commission’s environment portal
European Environment Agency
Danish Environmental Protection Agency
The Kyoto Protocol
