As Obama Lands in Copenhagen, Snow Starts Falling With Denmark Expecting a Weekend of Minus 20 Degrees Celsius

"It's starting to snow; of course [in view of the global warming conference], that hardly makes for an entirely optimal situation"

That was the laconic comment of a retired weatherman from Copenhagen Airport. As the world (and the Copenhagen conference) heads towards (an objective of) minus 2º (Celsius), writes Berlingske Tidende, Denmark is heading towards minus 20º. As Obama arrives in Copenhagen, the snow has started to fall.

The irony is palpable when the American president Barack Obama flies in on a Danish December weather day, whose snowfall, fog, and frost seems to disavow COP15's whole raison d'être. … According to the weather forecast Denmark will get a snow storm this weekend. The wind will make the temperature feel like minus 20 degrees.