After Copenhagen (Blog): What it Means for Industry, and Two Conspiracy Theories

The climate accord agreed in Copenhagen on Saturday arguably will do little to protect the planet from anthropogenic climate change. As every face-saving politician that participated in the event will tell you (and there are quite a few of those), there is still much work to be done.   So what does it all mean for the chemicals industry? For a sector which saves three times as much CO2 as its products generate during production, the outcome at Copenhagen, predictable as it was, is nothing less than a huge opportunity lost.   As Steen Riisgaard, the CEO...

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