The emerging CO2 storage market in Europe is becoming increasingly controlled by a North Sea monopoly, putting at risk the decarbonisation of Southern and Eastern Europe.
CONCITO has published the report The Climate Impact of the Danish Building Sector that highlights the most important challenges that the building sector faces in its path towards becoming more sustainable.
Cooling is fundamental to quality of life in a warming world. It provides thermal comfort to vulnerable populations, keeps food safe on its journey from farm to fork, ensures that vaccines are stable and accessible, and enables workforces to remain productive and digital economies viable. But the growth in cooling is leading to a substantial increase in energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
New, stricter requirements are on its way for the agricultural sector, where ambitious targets on biodiversity, climate and environment are shape up. But do farmers have the right framework conditions to meet society’s growing demands and expectations?
Are you interested in climate change and climate smart development on an international level? Are you currently studying a climate- and development related, or relevant social sciences-oriented degree and would you like to contribute to CONCITO? Then you might be the upcoming intern for CONCITO's international team in spring 2024.
New EU requirements for sustainability in value chains serve as an essential tool for securing financial streams towards the green transition in the Global South. At the same time, it can help build trust between Africa and Europe. However, this can only happen if the new regulations, as the ones we are now seeing from the EU, are followed by targeted efforts to help countries meet value chain requirements.
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By Jarl Krausing, Deputy CEO and International Director, CONCITO and Sofia Said Birch, ESG manager, AP Pension
Biosolutions can revolutionize the food sector if we focus on the products that reduce the climate impact the most. The research should be open, and the profits should not end up in the hands of a few large corporations
The up-coming Danish EU Presidency in 2025 and a possible Danish UN Security Council membership in 2025-2026, provides the Danish Government with a rare unique opportunity to assume international leadership and become a frontrunner for developing visions and investing in broad-based human security.
Denmark’s climate footprint per capita is among the world’s largest, and a major political task to reduce the climate impact from our use of especially transportation, food, and housing remains. This is shown in a new report on Denmark's global consumption emissions by CONCITO.
The Summit for a New Global Financing Pact delivered added momentum and a roadmap for several important processes. This blog looks at the Summit from an investment mobilization perspective and explains how efforts to catalyze investment and finance for climate and development were discussed at two events co-organized by CONCITO and the OECD.
A strengthened institutional framework, which can support verifying the effect of the different climate change measures, document a hopefully decreasing emission of greenhouse gases, and advise on and monitor the implementation of the political agreements, should be established.
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By Tavs Nyord, CONCITO and Jørgen E. Olesen, Aarhus University
On 19 June 2023, CONCITO, in collaboration with Dan Jørgensen, Danish Minister for Sustainable Development and Global Climate, organized a conference on global sustainable development and climate efforts with the aim of discussing synergies and connections in these efforts among Danish actors.
Many countries, including Denmark, are struggling to reduce CO2 emissions from transport. Particularly road transport, which is accountable for the main part. Yet many countries are investing in more road infrastructure, which typically will lead to more traffic and thus make it harder to reduce overall emissions from road transport.
The International Transport Forum, ITF, and its annual Summit in Leipzig, Germany is something like a “Davos-meeting for the transportation sector”. Transport Ministers and deputies from around the World – The United States to China; Lithuania to South Africa - meet over three days in May, and all kinds of transport experts, stakeholders and media join in to confront the sector’s current challenges.
European agriculture must deliver unprecedented reductions of greenhouse gas emissions while also providing enough food for European citizens and the world. This calls for new and stronger measures in the EU such as emissions trading for agriculture.
With increasing global greenhouse gas emissions, it is more important than ever that the green transition be accelerated. In order to comply with the Paris target, the entire world must be climate neutral in a few decades. Climate neutrality is therefore the next obvious goal for national climate policies. The Nordic countries are among the richest in the world and are traditionally seen as leaders in the green transition. It is therefore crucial that the Nordic countries take the lead and set an example for the development of the climate-neutral society. An example that can be applied globally.
The European electricity market is a crucial tool in reaching EU climate neutrality. The next two months could make or break the electricity market, depending on legislators in the Council and in the European Parliament. Our wish is that legislators appreciate the value of the electricity market and focus on strengthening its ability to deliver a climate neutral Europe.
Public kitchens are essential for promoting climate-friendly eating habits in Denmark, and in recent years, the use of climate data on food has gained momentum as a tool that provides new insights and motivates more climate-friendly purchases and meals in public institutions. This effort should be further promoted in the coming years.
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Af Michael Minter, programchef, Fremtidens Fødevarer
