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The first China International Import Exhibition (CIIE) took place from 5 -10 November in Shanghai. It brought 172 countries and regions, and more than 400,000 vendors and company representatives to the Chinese trading market. Approximately 800,000 visitors attended the event.

The International Energy Agency released its annual World Energy Outlook today. The report investiagtes global energy trends and what possible impact they will have on supply and demand, carbon emissions, air pollution, and energy access.

A new OECD report aims to spark debate regarding sustainable economic policies that can curb global material consumption. This is timely, given that global resource consumption is projected to double by 2060.

In the Danish “Svalin by Trekroner” co-housing community, researchers have developed colourful street lights, which show if the electricity comes from fossil fuels or sustainable sources, such as wind or solar power.

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In November, one of the world’s largest smart city events takes place in Barcelona. Danish companies will be present to share their smart city solutions with the rest of the world.

Denmark and South Korea have signed a cooperation agreement regarding sustainable energy, with a focus on offshore wind. This occurred during a Danish trade delegation’s visit to South Korea, led by the Danish Minister of Energy, Utilities and Climate Lars Chr. Lilleholt.

We have gathered 10 examples of smart city solutions to illustrate how taking a smart approach to urban development creates liveable, sustainable and prosperous societies globally.

The first project in a partnership between Danish solar and wind energy developer European Energy and Denmark’s Green Investment Fund will recycle turbines in a new wind farm.

In Kenya, they use street collectors; in Denmark, we use robots. The Kenyan plastics industry looks to Denmark for inspiration after Kenyan chief executives and industry organisations visited Danish plastic companies.

A research project at the Niels Bohr Institute will look into superconductors that can help ensure big energy savings by e.g. reducing the energy loss during transportation through cables.

Denmark’s second largest city Aarhus can look forward to even more environmentally friendly district heating after it was announced that the city’s local government has signed a declaration of intent with one of Denmark’s largest companies, Mærsk, to develop the country’s largest geothermal energy plant.

Over two days in the Danish capital of Copenhagen last week, the P4G Summit gathered world leaders in government, business and civil society to accelerate action on securing a sustainable future. The summit concluded with the release of the Copenhagen Commitment – a call to strengthen efforts devoted to combatting climate change and accelerate progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Denmark will increase financial support to the Danish-Ethiopian strategic sector cooperation and partnership programme “Accelerating Wind Power Generation” in Ethiopia with EUR 940.000. The programme, which started in 2017, will now run until the end of 2020 contributing to the sustainable development of the Ethiopian energy sector with modern wind energy.