Denmark, Britain are green stars

– Denmark and Britain are the top countries when it comes to implementing measures to fight climate change, although Britain has lagged in phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, a report published yesterday said.

The report was launched as delegates from more than 190 nations meet in Poland to flesh out how to reach commitments made under the 2015 Paris Agreement

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to keep the rise in global temperature below 2ºC this century.

Denmark, Britain and Canada have made the most progress in transforming their energy sectors to meet the targets, read the report by researchers from Britain’s Imperial College.

“We researched how the world is progressing on uptake of the five key technologies to limit climate change,” said Imperial’s Iain Staffell. These are clean power, fossil fuels, electric vehicles, capacity for carbon storage and energy efficiency.

Denmark has decarbonised its electricity sector, Britain has invested in offshore wind and is to phase out coal-fired power generation by 2025. Canada has installed renewables and is building facilities to capture carbon dioxide emissions. – Reuters