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The website is aimed at invigorating the global climate debate in order to create support for an ambitious new climate agreement in Copenhagen.

New features include extensive daily news coverage of the global climate debate in English and Danish, exclusive commentaries written by the world’s leading climate thinkers and feature articles on climate issues and practical information about the conference. Users will be able to take part a global climate debate on the website.

Jeffrey Sachs, renowned economist and climate change expert, and Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Norwegian Prime Minister, will be amongst the international opinion-makers writing on subjects ranging from the effects of global warming to energy security, green economic growth, and how to assist the poorest countries in adapting to climate change on the “Climate Thinkers Blog”.

The website will be available in the six UN-languages, Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish as well as Danish.

COP15 will be one of the biggest U.N. conferences ever to take place outside New York and Geneva, and readers will be updated on the wide-ranging preparations on the “Behind the Scenes Blog”, which will also deal with events up to and during COP15.

A number of new initiatives will be set afloat during the year, all aimed at contributing to the climate debate and providing useful information up to and during COP15.

For further information please contact:
Louise Brincker, Head of Press, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, tel.: (+45) 2343 4176