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.

9 out of 10 Danes own a bicycle

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More than 60% of the people who live and work in Copenhagen commute by bike every day

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10 “bicycle superhighways” cover more than 160 kilometres in and around Copenhagen. The vision is to have 60 routes covering more than 850 kilometres nationally

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Integrating an intelligent and holistic approach to city planning and transportation management to create more sustainable cities

Our cities are growing and so are the challenges to make them liveable. It is estimated that 70 per cent of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. This increase in urbanisation demands an intelligent, holistic and integrated approach to city planning and transportation management in order to meet the societal challenges faced by cities all over the world.

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Sound of Green, a podcast series with insights from Denmark’s green transition

27 January 2023

From managing cloudbursts to setting up climate partnerships, we examine how Denmark has turned acute climate challenges into new opportunities. In our podcast series Sound of Green, experts convey how Danish experiences can push the needle toward global green transition. Find it on Spotify, Apple Podcast and stateofgreen.com.

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Danish Power-to-X center will revolutionise materials for the green transition

Danish foundations grant DKK 300 million to a pioneer centre for the development of materials and Power-to-X technologies for the green transition. The center brings together leading national and international researchers.

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Urban Planning and Sustainable Mobility in Barranquilla

5 December 2022

Enhancing the city’s development in terms of soft mobility improvement, recovery of historical and social landmarks and green corridors. Esben Kristensen from Gehl Architects was chosen for the task, under the umbrella of a Strategic Business Alliance project of the TC. He has extensive knowledge in

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Danish companies among world-leaders in setting ambitious climate targets

11 November 2022

A new report has Danish companies as frontrunners in setting climate targets through the international Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). This is highly due to ambitious goals from the biggest Danish companies, which are set to reduce emissions corresponding to 400% of Denmark’s yearly emissions before 2030.

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Four ways Danish climate cooperation drives green transition across Africa

2 November 2022

By partnering with global counterparts collectively emitting 70% of the world’s emissions, Denmark seeks to amplify its impact on the global green transition. Learn how the Danish global energy cooperation with Kenya, South Africa, Egypt and Ethiopia helps identify local pathways to clean energy transition.

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Maersk supplies green fuels to the port of Suez

27 October 2022

The lack of sustainable fuels in the maritime industry has led to excessice pollution and waste. Due to being one of the biggest ports in the world, the port of Suez in Egypt has a large stake in this.

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Juul Frost Architects

Juul Frost Architects is an award-winning multidisciplinary studio with a holistic approach and a human focus. The purpose of our architecture and urban development is to promote quality of life, he

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Dansk Gummi Industri A/S

Dansk Gummi Industri is a leading supplier of flexible, protective and cost-effective solutions for transport, handling and storage of wind turbine blades, towers and nacelles.

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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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Port of Aalborg

Port of Aalborg is more than a traditional port, transport hub and business park. We work with partnerships and collaboration. Sustainability and green transition. Symbioses and synergies. Knowledge a

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EIT Urban Mobility Innovation Hub North

EIT Urban Mobility is a public/private partnership under the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. Headquartered in Barcelona (Spain), its regional Innov

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Green & Blue Environmental ApS

Meteorological and climate data-as-a-service provider to increase the resilience of public and private sectors.

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1:1 Landskab

1:1 Landskab designs aesthetic and environmentally robust landscapes and urban spaces. We have been aware of the climate agenda for many years.

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Voi Technology

Shaping cities for people, reducing air and noise pollution, and breaking traffic gridlock across Europe.

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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.

District energy

Put simply, district energy is about moving energy in water, with a valuable temperature, from a place of production to the place of consumption. Denmark’s district heating system is highly energy efficient and has been one of the key drivers for reduced energy consumption and CO2 emissions from the energy sector.

Green buildings

With urbanisation, demographic changes, and climate change, our cities and their buildings are facing immense challenges. Creative and innovative thinking can lead us towards a more sustainable approach to designing, creating, and using the buildings that form the basis for our everyday lives, to the benefit of both our planet and the people that populate our urban centres. Ensuring that new buildings are sustainable and energy-efficient will be key to our efforts to tackle climate change.

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.

Urban water management

Cities around the world increasingly face pressure from both growing populations and climate change, challenging urban water supply in terms of available resources and in terms of treatment of increased wastewater volumes. An integrated approach to urban water management can ensure cost efficiency and synergies. E.g., wastewater treatment can provide the city with energy and nature-based solutions can delay or store rainwater for later use.