The most important 14 days the world has known

Worldwide awareness of the need for climate friendly energy production was well to the fore as Cop15 got under way in Copenhagen

In the days leading up to the opening of COP15, the UN's climate summit conference in Copenhagen, the world has shown at several levels that the importance of reaching agreement to cut global CO2 emissions has taken root among the people and leaders of the world.
On Friday, it was announced that US president Barack Obama has altered his planned participation in the summit conference from the beginning of the conference to the vital closing day. And at the weekend, South Africa announced that it was willing to reduce CO2 emissions by 34% by 2020, while over half of the nuclear-power-sceptic Danish consumers have indicated acceptance - for the first time ever - of nuclear power as part of the broader struggle to combat climate change.

Clear view over the seriousness of the situation
There are many separate voices speaking out, which together reinforce the picture that people all around the world are realising the seriousness of the situation and that everyone needs to make an active effort if the more ambitious climate goals are to be adopted, implemented - and realised.
Nicolai Sederberg Rottbøll, head of Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster's secretariat, comments: "In recent months we have heard widely differing views as to the chances of reaching a good agreement in Copenhagen. Developments in the past week, and particularly the last couple of days, have shown that the closer we get to the summit conference, the more serious the statements being released and this points towards a real agreement being reached - even though it will not be binding."