Løkkes tale ved Oslo-konferencen om skovpartnerskab

I think the Partnership launched today is an important step forward and a historical moment and I want personally to congratulate my colleague Jens Stoltenberg and the entire world with the result achieved here today.

Lars Løkke Rasmussen (V)
Statsminister

Det talte ord gælder:

Your Royal Highness, Heads of state and government, Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I appreciate the opportunity to address you here today. We are gathered to launch a new partnership with the purpose of reducing deforestation, forest degradation and climate change.

At COP15 in Copenhagen, we reaffirmed the fundamental principles established by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. We also reached a political understanding - the Copenhagen Accord, which establishes a framework for concrete actions in the field of adaptation and mitigation.

It is encouraging that 126 countries have associated themselves with the Copenhagen Accord. And 79 countries have provided information to the appendixes on their efforts. Together these countries represent almost 90% of the world economy.