Denmark piles on pressure for greener approach from fellow North Sea producers

摘要

IF there is any moral high ground in the countries surrounding the North Sea when it comes to climate ambitions, then surely it now resides in Denmark. Danish politicians last week agreed to cancel the Scandinavian nation's latest oil and gas licensing round and to end its offshore hydrocarbons production by 2050. For a nation that for decades has relied in part on oil and gas wealth to fund its generous social welfare programme, it was a startling move.