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In a report called “The Copenhagen Diagnosis”, 26 researchers are calling for initiatives aimed at halting the rise in greenhouse gas emissions.
The report called “
The Copenhagen Diagnosis”, published by leading scientists on 24th November 2009, reveals that
CO2 emissions increased by 40% between 1990 and 2008. Arctic sea ice is melting 40% faster than forecast by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2007.
And the current rise in sea-levels is “
80% higher than past predictions.” The report concludes that to stabilise the climate, global emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases must decline rapidly over the next five to ten years.
This report has been released less than two weeks ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Copenhagen (Denmark)
from 7th to 18th December 2009.
It is in this context that the Danish capital has set itself a significant goal in terms of sustainable mobility:
to become the first zero-emission capital by 2025.
The first threshold target has been set at a 20% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2015.
To reach it, a plan favouring renewable energies must be put in place. Among the various projects is one to
make car parks free of charge for hydrogen- and electric-powered cars, coupled with the installation of
recharging terminals in town.
