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Denmark is advancing holistic, cross-sector solutions to tackle the global biodiversity crisis - placing nature at the heart of the green transition through innovation, partnerships and action.

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New recommendations prompt businesses to act on biodiversity

The Danish Biodiversity Partnership has presented new recommendations for companies to help halt biodiversity loss by 2030 and restore nature both in the sea and on land. The tangible recommendations were handed over to the Danish Minister of Environment at Denmark’s biggest democratic festival, Folkemødet, last week.

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Denmark's Biodiversity Partnership: Discover recommendations on how to act on biodiversity

It's time to turn biodiversity commitments into concrete action. Launched during COP16, this publication presents tangible recommendations to biodiversity action from Denmark's Biodiversity Partnership.

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New recommendations prompt businesses to act on biodiversity

Denmark's Biodiversity Partnership: Discover recommendations on how to act on biodiversity

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Biodiversity as a green transition enabler

Biodiversity is the living foundation on which societies and economies depend. It is embedded in every aspect of our daily lives – from the food we eat to the air we breathe and the water we drink. But today, nature is in crisis. Species are disappearing faster than at any point in human history, and ecosystems are under pressure worldwide.

The biodiversity crisis is not an isolated environmental issue. It is deeply interconnected with climate change, food systems, water security, and public health. When biodiversity is degraded, these systems become more fragile. When it is protected and restored, they grow stronger, more adaptive, and more capable of supporting people and the planet.

Addressing the loss of biodiversity is not only a moral imperative but also a global necessity for a just, resilient, and inclusive green transition.

Why is securing biodiversity a global challenge?

Biodiversity, the variety of living species on Earth, including plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi, is rapidly capturing interest among investors, policymakers, and leading corporations. It is a shared global challenge. Biodiversity is a prerequisite for healthy ecosystems that sustain food systems, medicine, clean air, and quality water. Fifty percent of global GDP is highly dependent on the increasingly declining biodiversity. Never in human history have species disappeared at such a rapid rate as now.

The Danish Biodiversity Partnership

It’s time to turn biodiversity commitments into concrete action. Launched during COP16, this publication presents tangible recommendations to biodiversity action from Denmark’s Biodiversity Partnership.

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A holistic, collaborative approach to tackling the biodiversity crisis

Denmark is taking action to reverse biodiversity loss through a cross-sectoral approach rooted in public-private collaboration, innovation, and knowledge-sharing.

The Danish Biodiversity Partnership brings together government, businesses, researchers and civil society to co-create solutions that place biodiversity at the heart of the green transition. The partnership works to influence regulation, remove barriers to action, and enable real-world impact – from nature-positive business strategies to improved policy frameworks.

Danish companies increasingly recognise biodiversity as a critical strategic concern. With supply chains and operations tightly linked to natural ecosystems – through land use, emissions, waste, or resource consumption — safeguarding biodiversity is becoming essential to long-term business viability, supply chain resilience, and access to finance.

Financial institutions also play a crucial role. By integrating biodiversity into risk assessments and investment strategies, they can help redirect capital towards nature-positive outcomes.

Across sectors, a shared understanding is emerging: no single actor can solve the biodiversity crisis alone. Public-private partnerships provide a vital platform for collaboration, innovation, and system-level change.

From biodiversity commitments to concrete action

Download the publication to discover recommendations from the Danish Biodiversity Partnership and specific examples of biodiversity action.


Discover biodiversity efforts, initiatives, and solutions

From urban greening and ecosystem restoration to AI-powered biodiversity monitoring and circular resource use, Danish solution providers are developing scalable, actionable responses to biodiversity challenges.

Explore how companies, organisations and financial institutions across sectors are integrating biodiversity into their strategies, operations, and value chains — and be inspired by real-world cases that demonstrate how public-private collaboration can unlock nature-positive results.

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Offshore wind

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Taking seabird flight registration to new heights

27 March 2025
Demand for more renewable energy is soaring, and the offshore wind sector is constantly developing to keep up. However, the slow permit processes for establishing new offshore wind farms make it challenging to accelerate growth in the sector. The environmental impact assessment required in the permi
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Biodiversity

Highways & habitats: An innovative approach to biodiversity monitoring

18 April 2024
National Highways’ (formally Highways England) commitment to environmental stewardship involves transforming England’s 7,000km Strategic Road Network into an intelligently managed asset, that can effectively protect and strengthen the natural environment. Through the Intelligent Environmental
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Biodiversity

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ReCoral: Turning turbines into reefs

19 October 2024
Renewable energy development is critical to address the climate crisis and subsequent impacts on global biodiversity. But, as offshore wind farms continue to expand globally, there is increasing concern about their potential impact on marine biodiversity. Unmitigated, the construction and operation
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Biodiversity

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Balancing returns and nature: Mapping biodiversity impact in investments

19 October 2024
As awareness of biodiversity loss grows, financial institutions are under increasing pressure to consider the environmental impact of their activities. For Danske Bank, Denmark’s leading bank, the challenge was to understand the nature-related financial risks and impacts on biodiversity within its l
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Biodiversity

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Building Nature-Inclusive Coastal Defense & Ports Infrastructure

18 August 2025
Ports and coastal infrastructures often face challenges related to balancing coastal protection with environmental responsibility. The Port of Bilbao needed a solution that could provide effective coastal defense while enhancing marine biodiversity—a challenge that traditional gray infrastructure so
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Building design

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Assessing biodiversity in construction: Developing a common industry standard

26 August 2025
Construction and infrastructure projects are major drivers of biodiversity loss, yet the sector lacks a unified, science-based method to assess these impacts. While efforts have typically focused on enhancing green spaces at individual project sites, the far greater biodiversity impact occur along t
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P4G

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Producing coffee while creating prosperous forests

27 September 2023
Coffee production, which is often associated with deforestation and habitat loss, has significant implications for biodiversity. This disruption to ecosystems threatens the diverse range of species inhabiting coffee-growing regions. In response to this challenge, Slow and WWF have formed the “
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Biodiversity

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Creating metrics to foster urban growth while enhancing biodiversity

19 October 2024
As urbanisation expands, the natural habitats of countless species are disrupted or destroyed, leading to a sharp decline in biodiversity. Financial institutions, particularly those with substantial investments in urban development, are under increasing pressure to address these environmental impact
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Biodiversity

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Nordic network to bridge the gaps in biodiversity measurement

19 October 2024
As companies and financial institutions increasingly recognise the importance of biodiversity, the need for consistent measurement and reporting standards becomes crucial. However, varying approaches to biodiversity impact assessment can lead to confusion and inconsistency, hindering meaningful prog
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Green financing

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Preserving and protecting the Amazon rainforest

4 December 2023
Nearly a third of the world’s land area is covered by forests and is home to around 80 percent of the world’s land-based biodiversity. However, since 1990 the world has lost more than 420 million hectares of forest, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) , mainly in Africa and
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Groundwater management

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Realising urban development for people and planet

7 September 2022
Invisible to the naked eye, groundwater – the water found underground in soil, sand, and rocks – constitutes 99 % of the world’s freshwater. Groundwater is a key source of drinking water, supplying approximately 49 % of the world’s population. It is also used heavily for irrigation purposes and crop
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Biodiversity

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Pulsparken: Setting new standards for climate adaptation and well-being

22 September 2023
According to the Danish Health Profile, Denmark faces a range of challenges that demand innovative solutions. These challenges include a high stress level among adults, with 29% reporting elevated stress levels. Additionally, only 4 out of 10 Danes meet the WHO’s recommendations for physical a
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Green financing

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Blue bonds: Financing a cleaner, healthier ocean

4 December 2023
The ocean plays a key role in tackling both the biodiversity and climate crisis. It functions as one of the main repositories of the world’s biodiversity while also holding a large potential for ocean based renewable energy, not least offshore wind energy. However, the ocean is under immense pressur
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Biodiversity

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The multi-functional forest: Groundwater protection, CO2 absorption, and biodiversity

24 June 2021
Denmark is unique in the fact that virtually all the country’s drinking water is sourced from groundwater supplies (99 per cent), where the water is pumped up to the surface via wells. In most parts of Denmark, the groundwater is only subjected to a simple filtration and aeration process before bein
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Urban planning and development

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Transforming a former airport into a thriving city

4 September 2023
The development of the Downsview Framework Plan reimagines a former Toronto airport into a thriving new district, building on the rich legacy and natural features of the airfield site and its surroundings.  The plan turns an expansive, 520-acre airfield into a green-minded, human-scale, and people-f
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Biodiversity

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Water brings life to Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park

5 November 2015
Denmark is making efforts to tackle the increasing challenges threatening both local and global biodiversity. With the EU Biodiversity Strategy leading the way, new initiatives are being emarked upon to support plants, animals and ecosystems in the future. In 2006 the “Active, Beautiful, Clean
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Climate change adaptation

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Remisepark: Climate adaptation and social sustainability

16 November 2020
A radical renewal by BOGL has transformed community park Remisepark from an anti-social area to a destination. The project was part of a larger local transformation to improve safety for the surrounding social housing complex and protect the area against flooding. 
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Climate change adaptation

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Creating a climate resilient Long Beach Island

10 August 2023
The Resilient Long Beach Island (LBI) project addresses the challenges of climate change and its potential impact on vulnerable coastal communities, specifically the municipalities of Long Beach Island in New Jersey. The LBI project aims to address these challenges by creating a shared vision for a
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Biodiversity

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Karen's Minde Axis climate adaptation unlocks social sustainability

26 February 2024
The Karen’s Minde Axis project responds to various challenges, i.e. biodiversity, circularity and preservation, social issues, etc. But first and foremost, this is a flood prevention design. Due to its topographical location, several larger rainwater catchment areas have to meet the sea throug
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Biodiversity

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Ålebækken's wastewater treatment plant

18 April 2024
Ramboll is supporting LTF A/S and Mølleåværket in the demolition of the former Ålebækken’s wastewater treatment plant, while simultaneously exploring opportunities for recreational use of the area. This project is carried out concurrently with an expansion of basin capacity to reduce the strain on M
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Biodiversity

Lairg-Loch Buidhe transmission reinforcement project

18 April 2024
As Scotland strives to derive 50% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030, the Lairg-Loch Buidhe transmission reinforcement project faced a challenge as the energy goals put pressure on the nation’s infrastructure, requiring extensive development. The infrastructure development’s proximit
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Biodiversity

Designing Europe’s largest timber logistics center

18 April 2024
In the Netherlands, the demand for logistics centers continues to grow, driven by the need for efficient supply chain operations. However, traditional logistics facilities often contribute to environmental degradation and lack consideration for biodiversity. Moreover, the pressure to reduce emission
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Biodiversity

Runways & greenways: Advancing nature-positive solutions at a major U.S. airport

18 April 2024
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) requested services from Ramboll to support implementation of its sustainability strategy, including advancing their biodiversity and nature positive ambition. As part of this effort, DFW required a biodiversity baseline assessment. Following the completi
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Biodiversity

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First large scale transplantation of eelgrass

26 March 2024
Eelgrass has unfortunately disappeared from the seabed along the coast in many places. But eelgrass is essential for biodiversity as it creates living places for several species. Eelgrass also has a great potential to improve water quality and capture CO2. A new project shows, that large scale trans
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Biodiversity

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Port Dredged Clay Used For Coastalocks At The Port of Esbjerg

16 April 2026
The Port Esbjerg in collaboration with ECOncrete is integrating port-dredged clay in the production of Coastalock armor units for coastal protection and biodiversity enhancement.
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Biodiversity

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Integrating biodiversity into mainstream finance

3 March 2026
The global biodiversity finance gap is estimated at USD 700–900 billion annually. Despite growing recognition that biodiversity loss poses systemic economic and financial risks, private capital mobilisation remains limited. Existing biodiversity markets are fragmented, illiquid, and often lack scala
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Biodiversity

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Danish Participation at COP17: Information Meeting

27 January 2026
This event has taken place. Interested in COP17? learn more here.   
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Biodiversity

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Building tomorrow’s energy on the other side of the world

16 January 2026
European Energy’s Mokoan Solar Park stands as the company’s first commissioned project in Australia—an achievement reached in a rapidly evolving and highly competitive market. The project entered a landscape where the government aims to deliver an additional 33,000 GWh of renewable electricity betwe
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News

Wind farm planning and development

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Denmark launches new market-adapted offshore wind tender for 2026

21 November 2025
Denmark launches a revised offshore wind tender covering 2.8 GW, combining investor certainty with new sustainability and biodiversity requirements.
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Perspective

Climate COP

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Denmark at COP30: Food and agriculture

27 October 2025
The food and agriculture sector is among the most affected by climate change, while also contributing around a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions through its production methods. Meet organisations fighting for sustainable food production at the Denmark Pavilion at COP30.
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Financial Institution

Green financing

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PensionDanmark

PensionDanmark is one of the largest pension funds in Denmark, established in 1992. PensionDanmark’s mission is to enable our members to have a long and productive working life and to give them a fina

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Environment and agriculture

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DHI A/S

DHI is a global leader in water and environmental solutions, leveraging digital innovation, expert consultancy, and advanced modeling to address complex challenges in marine, freshwater, and urban wat

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Air pollution from industry production

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Ramboll

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

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Air pollution from industry production

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COWI

COWI is a global consulting group headquartered in Denmark. Our services cover engineering, architecture, renewable energy, environmental services, and more.

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Combined heat and power production

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Ørsted

Ørsted is a global leader in developing, constructing, and operating offshore wind farms, with a core focus on Europe. Backed by more than 30 years of experience in offshore wind, Ørsted has 10.2 GW o

Company

Bio-based circular solutions

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FOSS

FOSS is the leading global provider of analytics for the food and agricultural industries. We help the world’s top 100 producers, along with 40,000 others in more than 100 countries, maintain control

Company

Bio-based circular solutions

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Microbe Biosolutions

Microbe Biosolutions (MBS) is a Danish company based in Esbjerg that develops biological solutions for the treatment of air, water, and soil. We use natural bacterial cultures to break down organic po

Public Sector

Biodiversity in agriculture

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Ministry of Green Transition

The Ministry of Green Transition is responsible for implementing The Agreement on a Green Denmark to ensure more nature, cleaner water, and a sustainable transition of agriculture in Denmark.
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Green financing

To curb climate change and accelerate the green transition, finance is pivotal. With pioneering pension funds, asset managers, and public investors, Denmark has long been leading the way in ESG and green financing.
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Sector coupling

Through sector integration we need to move the energy flows with highest possible efficiency between sectors and transfer the renewable energy to transport, heating and production which today are powered by fossil fuels.
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Biodiversity

Denmark is making efforts to tackle the increasing challenges threatening both local and global biodiversity. With the EU Biodiversity Strategy leading the way, new initiatives is being made to support plants, animals and ecosystems in the future.
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Partnerships

Transitioning to a sustainable economy and achieving net zero cannot be done without global partnerships and cross-sectoral collaboration. With this notion, Denmark has established 14 climate partnerships placing the private sector at the heart of the green transition.
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Circular economy

In enabling the green transition, it is crucial to address product life extension, reuse, and the recycling of waste, circular business models can reduce consumption and minimise waste generation. They allow products to be continuously used, reused, sold as a service, and enable the sharing of products, rather than incentivising a one-time purchase.
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Policy framework

Denmark's robust policy framework includes ambitious climate goals, stringent environmental standards, and incentives for green innovation. By fostering collaboration between government, industry, and the public, Denmark ensures effective implementation and continuous improvement of its policies.
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Job creation and just transition

While the green transition creates vast employment opportunities, it also calls for upskilling, new labour market policies and investments in human capital. Based on the legacy of public-private partnerships, Denmark shows that job creation and green growth can go hand in hand.
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Innovation

Denmark’s commitment to innovation is evident in its investment in research and development, support for startups, and collaboration between academia, industry, and government. By promoting a culture of continuous improvement and embracing cutting-edge technologies, Denmark enhances its competitive edge and addresses global issues such as climate change and resource scarcity.
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Digitalisation

Digitalisation is about integrating digital technologies into all aspects of society and industry to enhance efficiency, connectivity, and innovation. By leveraging the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence, and cloud computing, Denmark improves public services, optimises industrial processes, and fosters a more connected and resilient society.
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P4G - Partnering for Green Growth

The P4G initiative aims at engaging private companies and governments in partnerships with the purpose of solving the UN’s 17 development goals. As the national platform for P4G activities in Denmark, State of Green will help facilitate such partnerships.