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The Danish Minister of Environment and Food, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, is travelling to India tomorrow for two days to strengthen the Danish-Indian collaboration within water.

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen will travel to India on Friday 18 to lead a Danish business delegation that will participate in the trade and investment fair Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019. This visit marks an important step towards strengthening the political and commercial ties between Denmark and India, which have improved markedly over recent years.

A new Danish agreement backed by a broad group of political parties will improve the protection of the exceptionally clean Danish groundwater. With the new agreement, Denmark takes an important step towards implementing the world’s best protection of clean drinking water.

Pension funds in Nordic countries stand out as being the most willing asset owners in Europe to disclose information on the extent to which their investments are in line with official targets on climate, according to a recent survey from the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

The sun did not only provide an extended and warm summer in 2018 – it also contributed to a record high share of the total electricity consumption in Denmark. Altogether, power generation from solar cells supplied the electricity grid with 2.8 per cent of the total Danish power supply in 2018.

The big European economies showed record high production of green electricity in 2018. For the first time in Germany, renewable energy sources produced more power than the country’s coal power plants, while power plants’ share of electricity production in the UK fell to the lowest level since 1994.

With a 41 per cent share of the total electricity consumption in 2018, alongside increased prices, wind power has established itself as the most important energy source in the Danish power supply.

A research report launched at COP24 in Poland in December praises Denmark for its ability to implement measures to limit climate change.

In the future, buildings may function as valuable heat storage units in a sustainable energy system.

The Danish-Indonesian island cooperation shows that it will benefit Lombok to integrate up to 60 per cent of renewable energy in the island’s energy system by 2030. Additionally, the island’s current regulation makes it attractive for investments within wind and solar energy as well as biomass and waste incineration.

The Danish Refugee Council and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have created a new tool that can secure an environmentally and economically sustainable water supply in refugee camps.

The development of sustainable biofuels for aeroplanes, ships and other heavy-duty traffic is one of the bottlenecks in the transition to a fossil-free society. Biogas may provide the answer.

The green transition in Europe must accelerate. Therefore, Denmark is sending a clear signal to COP24 together with eight other EU countries. Let the polluter pay to emit CO2 so that the green solutions can gain ground.

The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is one of the main architects behind a new large European network aimed at developing the cities and transport solutions of tomorrow.