An estimated 15,000 people representing Governments, NGOs, IGOs,
along with over 2,000 journalists will travel to Copenhagen from
all over the world for the conference. The main objective of the
organisers is to minimise greenhouse gas emissions as far as
possible. Whatever cannot be avoided, is to be offset. In
addition, every delegate can make a difference by, for example,
choosing the most sustainable form of international and local
transport. Greenhouse gas emissions fall into two parts:
international travel, which forms by far the largest part; and
secondly, local emissions of the host country covering such
things as energy consumed and waste generated at the conference
venue, hotel accommodation and local transportation. An initial
estimate of overall emissions result in a figure of 40,500
tonnes of carbon dioxide. (i) What steps is the Danish
Government taking to minimise emissions? The Danish Government
has identified sustainability as one of its top priorities for
the Conference. To this end it has p