Urban air pollution

With urbanisation set to increase, air pollution will affect even more people in the future if no action is taken. Through strict environmental legislation and air quality monitoring, Denmark has reduced atmospheric pollution in most areas to less than one-fifth of the levels during the late 70s.

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Reducing air pollution caused by traffic and industries and improving indoor climate

Cities worldwide are facing numerous challenges. Among these, we find air pollution, which is currently a global health issue causing premature deaths of millions each year. Air pollution in cities is predominantly caused by transportation and industry. With urbanisation set to increase significantly, the problem will affect even more people in the future if no action is taken.

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Climate COP

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Countdown to COP29: Decarbonising cities for greener societies

22 October 2024

Cities plays an important part in the global green transition, and will once again be a focus point at this years COP29. Discover Danish activities and partners driving key urban initiatives and agendas at the upcoming climate conference in Baku.

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Urban planning and development

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The Aalborg Conditions: Empovering cities to lead the green transition

Signed by mayors and cities from across Europe at the 10th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns in Aalborg, a collaborative declaration aims to unlock the full potential of local governance in driving the democratic transition towards a climate-neutral, equitable, and resilient Europe.

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Urban planning and development

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Aalborg prepares to host international conference on sustainable cities

In October, over 1,000 politicians and civil servants from across Europe will gather in Aalborg to discuss how European municipalities can best support the green and sustainable transition.

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Urban planning and development

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The city of Aarhus presents new climate strategy

Reaffirming Aarhus goal to achieve climate neutrality by 2030, a broad majority in the Aarhus City Council backs a new agreement on climate strategy for Aarhus. The agreement involves new forests, renewable energy, greener transport, and stricter regulations for construction, food, waste, and municipal operations.

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Climate ministers convene in Denmark to set the course towards COP29

For the third year running, COP discussions get off to an early start at the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial. This year’s ministerial, hosted by Denmark in cooperation with the former and current COP presidencies of the United Arab Emirates and Azerbaijan, will prepare the path towards a successful COP29 in Baku.

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The Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance presents handbook to help cities utilise bio-based building materials

Launched at this years Buildings & Climate Global Forum in Paris, the City Handbook for Carbon Neutral Buildings by Arup seeks to support cities in evaluating how to reduce whole life carbon in construction, using bio-based building materials.

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Meet Danish urban air pollution professionals

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Ramboll

Ramboll is a leading international architecture, engineering, and consultancy company, owned by the Ramboll Foundation.

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Living labs

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BABLE Smart Cities

BABLE provides business and technology services for smart city green solutions. We create automated services that simplify and offer expert advice to guide transition, development and scaling. Our onl

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EIT Urban Mobility Innovation Hub North

EIT Urban Mobility is an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union, and Europe’s largest network for mobility innovation in cities.

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Biogas

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SulfiLogger A/S

SulfiLogger provides innovative sensor solutions for continuous, liquid-phase H₂S monitoring that enable smart odor & corrosion control in wastewater applications.

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Air pollution

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Arup

In 1946, philosopher and engineer Ove Arup founded a firm with the purpose of changing the way the built environment was designed and engineered. In the 75 years since then, Arup has become synonymous

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IT University of Copenhagen

The IT University of Copenhagen gathers internationally renowned research around digital technologies. With its emerging focus on Climate and the Green Transition, it is well placed to help create ins

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Danish Cleantech Hub

Danish Cleantech Hub is a public-private partnership founded by State of Green and The Confederation of Danish Industries. Danish Cleantech Hub provides a single point of entry for cleantech-related a

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State of Green

State of Green is your one-point-entry to Denmark’s most relevant stakeholders within green energy transition, sustainable water management, circular economy and green, liveable cities.

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Urban air pollution

With urbanisation set to increase, air pollution will affect even more people in the future if no action is taken. Through strict environmental legislation and air quality monitoring, Denmark has reduced atmospheric pollution in most areas to less than one-fifth of the levels during the late 70s.

Climate change adaptation

Expanding mitigation to include adaptation in dealing with climate change, enables a holistic view that can combat previous negative social, environmental, and economic impacts and result in both climate resilient and more liveable places to live. Over the next 15-20 years, Denmark will spend more than EUR 5 billion on adapting its cities to climate changes.

Smart cities

As the pace of urbanisation quickens, cities face immense challenges related to waste management, mobility, climate adaptation and energy. However, as their political, economic, and technological power grows, cities can harness this trend to act as leaders in the green transition and drivers of the green economy. Cities need smart solutions to ensure that they are optimised for sustainable economic activity, energy consumption, and an improved environmental impact.

Urban mobility

Cities must be built for people to be sustainable, healthy, and liveable. Targeted policy-making with urban mobility in mind is a strong reinforcement of these objectives. The key is to acknowledge the importance of city space and city life as an attractive, informal, and democratic meeting place for the city residents.

Urban waste management

Urban waste management entails the entire system of collecting, sorting, treating, utilising and ultimately disposing of waste. When properly facilitated it can provide a source of energy and resources, while significantly reducing pollution.