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Denmark, a Global Climate Policy Leader, Strains to Live Up to High Ambitions
10 Dec 2023 14:06 GMT
… address climate change.
“Now it’s crunch time,” said Connie Hedegaard, … and former European commissioner for climate action who now … newsroom provides award-winning climate coverage free of … the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen …
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25 Visionary Female Leaders Driving the Climate Change Revolution
02 Sep 2023 09:10 GMT
… and social justice.
Former EU Commissioner for Climate Action
Connie Hedegaard, a respected Danish politician … her tenure as the EU’s first Commissioner for Climate Action from 2010 … leader in climate action.
Following her term as Commissioner, Hedegaard has …
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Fifty years ago, the EU cracked the secret of its current success
06 Jan 2023 03:15 GMT
… service economy. Joining the EU has proved “transformative for … old world,” says Connie Hedegaard, a former EU commissioner from Denmark. But … arrangements for the entire EU. Denmark is the spiritual … Whatever its shortcomings, the EU should celebrate its most …
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EU climate targets are undermined by ETS subsidies. They must end
12 Jul 2021 07:25 GMT
… the EU’s climate leadership, write Connie Hedegaard and Pascal Lamy.
Connie Hedegaard is former EU climate commissioner. Pascal …
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EU reversal of stance on loss and damage turns tables on China at Cop27
18 Nov 2022 13:46 GMT
… with the impacts of climate disaster.
“The UN … rescue and recovery from climate-related disaster. Examples … climate summit on Friday. Photograph: Peter Dejong/APThe EU … Cop in 2011, the EU climate commissioner, Connie Hedegaard, gathered a coalition of …
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26 Climate Conferences Have Failed to Halt Emissions. Do We Need a New Strategy?
11 Nov 2022 06:42 GMT
… The EU played along. For example, then-European Commissioner for Climate Change Connie Hedegaard met … activists, ordinary people and climate experts demanded climate justice and a truly … no possibility of global climate action.
Climate diplomacy and the UNFCCC …
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Pushing The Boundaries of Sustainable Tourism: The People’s Climate Festival in Middelfart
06 Sep 2022 14:27 GMT
… politics that “incorporates climate protection into all political … take action together.
Former EU climate change Commissioner, Connie Hedegaard, noted that: “ … The political embeddedness of the climate …
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Thirty years of climate summits: where have they got us?
11 Jun 2022 11:10 GMT
… UN process. Luckily the then EU climate commissioner, Connie Hedegaard, had a plan to get … to the Paris agreement.
EU commissioner for climate action Connie Hedegaard in 2012. Photograph: John …
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How the war in Ukraine stalled action on the climate
31 May 2022 16:56 GMT
… a negotiating bloc of non-EU developed countries. It is not … ,” says Connie Hedegaard, the former Danish environment minister, European commissioner for climate action, … participating in international environmental and climate events, but despite the …
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EU warned against swapping Russian gas for more fossil fuels
03 May 2022 17:07 GMT
… fuel use in line with climate change goals.
The European Union … Ursula von der Leyen and EU climate policy chief Frans Timmermans, dated … ;s signatories included former EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard, former EU commissioner and Director-General of …