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I found some interesting facts and figures in the largest Swedish daily, Aftonbladet, last week: - There are 1200 luxury car rentals present at COP15, only five of which can be considered environmentally friendly - 140 private jets are expected at Copenhagen International Airport during COP15, so many that there’s not enough room for all of them - During the 11 day conference, the CO2 emissions are expected to be around 41,000 tons That last number is especially interesting. That is equal to the emissions of a medium sized Swedish town (with about 135,000 inhabitants and 3,700 companies) for the same period. Now, imagine that 98 world leaders and 15,000 delegates can contribute so much CO2 in such a short amount of time. And now imagine what the net result will be if these same world leaders and delegates can’t manage to reach any useful and immediately impactful decisions at COP15... The irony is as brilliant as it is tragic, but hopefully not unavoidable.
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