Greenland dialogue moves to New York

With only three months left before the climate conference COP15 in Copenhagen, the Danish Minister for Climate and Energy, Connie Hedegaard, has invited a number of influential climate and environment politicians to New York on September 19 and 20.




The purpose is to maintain momentum in the international climate negotiations. The meeting continues Hedegaard's annual, informal climate summit, known as the Greenland dialogue that provides an informal setting for ministers to debate openly the most pressing issues up to COP15 in Copenhagen.



”With less than 100 days left until we meet in Copenhagen, it is important to give further impetus to the negotiations. The ministerial meeting could be a major input into the negotiations on a global climate agreement. It is possible to achieve success in Copenhagen, and the time is right to achieve common understanding about key policy issues and how they can be resolved in a reasonable way,” says Connie Hedegaard.