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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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New alliance between the Danish Ministry of Environment and the business community will strengthen biodiversity

Together with key players from the Danish business community, the Danish Ministry of Environment has formed the Biodiversity Partnership seeking to remove barriers or create incentives to help Danish companies in their voluntary efforts to protect the world's nature.

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Increasing urban biodiversity

Creating green corridors and resilient cities by integrating nature into urban life.

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

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New alliance between the Danish Ministry of Environment and the business community will strengthen biodiversity

Increasing urban biodiversity

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

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Regreening the Tropical Belt

27 September 2023
Coffee production, with its often associated 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 Coffee selected Vietnam for its cons
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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 Shipping

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The world's first green methanol container vessel has reached Copenhagen

14 September 2023
The world’s first container vessel sailing on green methanol was formally christened by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Copenhagen on 14 September. The 172-meter-long vessel, Laura Maersk, will begin operating in the Baltic Sea in October.
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Urban planning and development

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Virtual launch: Urban green transition

13 September 2023
With the new white paper on “Urban green transition”, we have begun a journey to demonstrate why holistic and strategic city planning and development within mobility and infrastructure, climate adaptation, as well as environmentally conscious architecture and construction, must take cent
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The P4G Summit is coming to Bogotá

11 September 2023
Accelerating market-based partnerships to build sustainable and resilient economies, the upcoming P4G Summit in Bogotá seeks to push green transition across food, water and energy systems. The summit from 22-23 September builds on previous engagements from Seoul in 2021 and Copenhagen in 2018.
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Resource efficient production

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Denmark’s road to resource-efficient industries

8 September 2023
All over the world, industries across sectors are facing a pressing dilemma: the escalating scarcity of resources. This calls for a decarbonisation of industries using heavy amounts of energy and water, instead shifting to a focus on sustainable resource consumption through resource-efficient solutions.
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Meet Danish biodiversity professionals

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Slow Coffee

Founded in 2018, Slow is an impact company that works with smallholder coffee and cacao farmers in Southeast Asia. We support livelihoods, protect the environment and work for global change.

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Bio-based circular solutions

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Nordic Harvest

Nordic Harvest is dedicated to establishing a genuinely sustainable food production model that not only addresses these issues, but also effectively counteracts them. Operating from one of the world's

Public Sector

Bio-based circular solutions

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Nordic Sustainable Construction

The programme Nordic Sustainable Construction is part of Nordic Vision 2030 initiated by the Nordic Ministers for Construction and Housing and works to support the Nordic countries in establishing the

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Bio-based circular solutions

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Kalundborg Symbiosis

Kalundborg Symbiosis is a partnership between sixteen public and private companies in Kalundborg. The main principle is that a waste stream in one company becomes a resource in another, benefiting bot

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Climate change adaptation

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Niels Lützen Landskabsarkitekter

Niels Lützen Landskabsarkitekter is a Copenhagen based landscape architecture studio, that specializes in climate change adaptation and have gained great recognition for our expertise and experience w

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Lyninco ApS

Smart Water Management engineering consulting and service provider (data-as-a-service) implementing Smart Water solutions for cities, river managers, hydropower, ports, authorities, and private compan

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Buildings

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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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PKA

PKA is a non-profit labor market pension fund based in Denmark. We manage the pensions of 350,000 members employed primarily in the social service and health care sectors
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Green financing

To curb climate change and accelerate the green transition, finance is pivotal. With pioneering pension funds, asset manager, and public investors, Denmark has long been leading the way on ESG and green financing.
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Job creation and 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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Sector integration

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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Carbon capture, storage, and utilisation

Carbon capture, storage, and utilisation (CCSU) are important tools for reducing emissions and accelerating the green transition. Through technologies like power-to-x, we can use the CO2e we already emit as a sustainable energy and fuel in other sectors. This is the next phase in Denmark’s energy transition.
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Energy efficiency

Energy efficiency is one of the easiest ways to eliminate energy waste, lower energy costs, and reduce the use of fossil fuels. There is great potential for efficiency improvements in every sector, whether it is buildings or industry. Energy efficiency is an embedded part of Denmark’s mindset, as Denmark has worked with energy efficiency measures since the 70s.
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Climate partnerships

Transitioning to sustainable economies and achieving net zero cannot be done by governments alone. Partnerships are key. With this notion, Denmark has established 14 climate partnerships placing the private sector at the heart of green transition.