Christmas Trees banned at Climate Summit

• "The trees – the most common species used as Christmas trees in Denmark – were intended to be placed as decorations for the entrance of Bella Center, where the conference is taking place.

But Christmas is a religious holiday that has no place at a United Nations function, according to the Foreign Ministry’s Svend Olling, who is the head of practical planning for the climate summit.

• ‘We have to remember that this is a UN conference and, as the centre then becomes UN territory, there can be no Christmas trees in the decor, because the
• UN wishes to maintain neutrality,’ said Olling.

Nordmann firs otherwise fully live up to the climate-friendliness standards of the summit’s organisers. The firs are among the best trees at binding carbon dioxide and preventing its release into the atmosphere."

• story and photo from Copenhagen Post, 12/4/09, "Christmas Trees Banned for Climate Summit"

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