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It is my great honour to be with you today to launch the Korean-Danish Green Growth Alliance!

At a first glance Korea and Denmark may appear to have little in common: our locations on two different continents; our differences in history and cultural background spring to mind. Nevertheless, I firmly believe that Korea and Denmark is “a perfect match.”

Both our countries have been actively engaged in the global climate change agenda. I value the staunch and always highly committed support from Korea in the global climate negotiations.

I believe that our two countries very early on understood the challenge that follows from climate change, but also the economic potential in terms of fostering green growth.

Denmark was a ‘first mover’ on green growth and we have made our country a real life example of how to create economic growth without using more energy. We have launched a complete strategy on how to become independent from fossil fuels by 2050.

Korea is a ‘fast mover’ on green growth. Korea has not only managed an impressive economic transformation from one of the poorest countries in the world to the 15th largest economy. You have also set yourselves an ambitious target of reducing CO2 emissions by 30 percent by 2020, while maintaining high economic growth.

One thing that we have both understood is that ‘first movers’ and ‘fast movers’ alike cannot afford to rest on their laurels in the race to become the winners of tomorrow’s green economy.