World Bank climate conference puts spotlight on Copenhagen, Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy
Release Date: 2009-07-06
OECD presents results of a 2008 study on climate adaptation and coastal protection in the Greater Copenhagen Area at World Bank conference in France
Copenhagen has a few months to wait yet before it becomes the focus of all attention when the crucial UN Climate Change Conference COP15 starts in the Danish capital. Even so, the city still managed to get into the limelight at a World Bank conference on cities and climate change, held last week in Marseille, France.
At the conference OECD presented the results of a 2008 study on climate adaptation and coastal protection in the Greater Copenhagen Area: "Assessing Climate Change Impacts, Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge Risk in Port Cities; A Case Study on Copenhagen", reports the Danish Energy Association in its daily newsletter.
The study, financed by the Ministry of Climate and Energy, assesses the consequences for Greater Copenhagen of failing to invest in upgraded coastal protection against climate change.
The principal message from OECD's presentation was that spending money on improving coastal defences is ultimately cheaper than doing nothing to prepare in advance for rising sea levels. OECD concluded that the Greater Copenhagen area is currently well protected, but that there is a continued need for investments to ensure protection against the effects of climate change.
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| Company: | Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy |
| Country: | Denmark |
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