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With its giant wind farms and peddle-pushing population, Denmark looks like a model global citizen setting a shining green example for all comers to the Copenhagen Climate Summit. Look a little closer though and there are some grubby realities.'Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen Friendly old girl of a town 'Neath her tavern light On this merry night Let us clink and drink one down.'Sorry Danny Kaye! There'll be no time for schmaltzy sentimentality when the world descends on the Danish capital next month. The future of the world depends on tough political arm-wrestling and deal-making and a resolution from the Climate Summit that will turn down the global thermostat.The high-powered delegates will find themselves in a city and a nation with an enviable reputation for environmental leadership. From the tinted windows of their motorcades they can marvel at the numbers of Copenhageners commuting here and there under their own steam, on pushbikes. Swing down by the shore and they'll see huge wind-powered turbines whirring a couple of kilometres out to sea and out of earshot. But chances are they'll also encounter hordes of protesting locals who'll be anxious to acquaint them with a few hard facts about their hosts."We (don't) have much to brag about we are a heavy user of coal. Two years ago we used more coal per capita than the Chinese did. If you don't get rid of that we have nothing to show other countries." - TARJEI HAALAND GREENPEACE DENMARKCoal fuels half of Denmark's power stations. And while the country pressed neighbouring Sweden to shut down a couple of unsightly nuclear reactors visible on the horizon, the Danes still rely on imported nuclear power for about 8% of their needs.There's no doubt though that Denmark is lapping the rest of the world when it comes to wind power. There's a huge local industry wrapped around the constructions, installation and export of wind turbines and recently Crown Prince Frederick threw the switch on a massive $700m offshore wind farm called Horns Reef. It's the world's biggest.Also offshore, the Danes hold up Samso Island as a great example of collective green will. 12 years ago Samso won a national contest to become Denmark's first Government assisted carbon neutral community. Now wind turbines dominate the landscape and locals like dairy farmer Jorgen Tranberg have become micro-power generators turning a handsome profit. Do you ever see yourself giving up the cows, the dairy farm? I'm 55. (When) I'm 60 ... maybe I will play golf and have a wind turbine that would be good!". - JORGEN TRANBERG, DAIRY FARMERReporter Mark Corcoran takes us behind some of the myths and misconceptions surrounding the hosts of December's all-important Climate Summit. Very soon everyone will be talking about Copenhagen |
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Broadcast 2009-11-03 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Carbon dioxide mitigation -- Economic aspects.
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Carbon taxes.
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Climatic changes -- International cooperation.
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Energy conservation -- Law and legislation.
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Wind power plants.
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Denmark.
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Streaming video
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Corcoran, Mark, host
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Gehl, Jan, contributor
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Haaland, Tarjei, contributor
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Hedegaard, Connie, contributor
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Heilmann, Katrine, contributor
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Kjems, Jesper, contributor
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Tranberg, Jorgen, contributor
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