PRESENTATION BY DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION, DANISH EMBASSY, ANNE METTE VESTERGAARD

GREEN EUROPE

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DENMARK ON THE TOP OF EUROPE

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People’s express

Denmark is excellent for biking. It’s flat!

5.2 million Danes own 4.4 million bicycles. 45% of Danish

children bike to school. 17% of men and 36% of women commute by

bike.

Danes even invent new types of bicycles. For example, the

Christiania bike transports one parent and up to three

children.

UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK

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The European Union

The world’s largest regional

market :

Over 500 million consumers

Largest energy importer (over 50% of

consumption)

EU goals for international energy

policy: Security of supply

Competitiveness

Sustainability

Dialogue with large energy-consuming

nations (COP/MEF)

WHAT DO WE SEE – EXAMPLES?MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK

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Increasing temperatures

Rising sea levels

Spring now starts two weeks earlier in Greenland

Ice caps are melting

Fish stocks are disrupted

GO

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Independence of fossil fuels

Reduce climate changes

Sustainability of our planet

Address the consequences of rising energy

prices for our economies, stimulate green

growth

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• Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions at

least 20%

• Raise of renewable energy’s share of the

market to 20%

• Energy consumption cut by 20%

Reduction of CO2 emissions from cars

CAN IT BE DONE? THE DANISH EXAMPLEMINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK

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Denmark has decreased energy intensity, meanwhile maintaning

growth in GDP per capita

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The answer, my friend

Denmark is flat and windy, Danes turn this to their advantage.

Hundreds of wind turbines around the country deliver 20% of the

nation’s energy consumption.

Denmark has become a world leader in wind energy: half of the

world’s wind turbines are manufactured in Denmark.

RENEWABLE ENERGY’S CONTRIBUTION TO FINAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN 2008

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Renewable energy accounts for 28% of electricity supply

SHARED VALUES

Confronting global challenges, including

security and non-proliferation

Advancing strategic cooperation on

energy security, climate change and

sustainable development

Promoting peace, human rights and

democracy worldwide

Fostering prosperity and opportunityNatural Partners

WHAT DO COUNTRIES NEED TO DO ABOUT ENERGY?

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• Change habits of individuals,

communities, and countries

• Start the transition to low-carbon and

green economies

• Promote R&D

• Invest in clean energy infrastructures

PRESIDENT OBAMA’S AMBITIONS

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“to address all facets of our over-reliance on fossil

fuels”

-Barack

Obama

80%

20%

Electricity supply in 2035

Clean EnergyOther

THE PROBLEM WITH FOSSIL FUELS:

INCREASING PRICES AND GREENHOUSE GASSES!

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DANISH ENERGY STRATEGY 2050: BECOME INDEPENDENT OF FOSSIL FUELS BY 2050D

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Insulate our economy from

the impacts of increasing

and fluctuating fossil

fuel prices.

Phase out fossil fuels,

phase in renewables!

Stimulate growing green-

tech industry and jobs at

home!

ENERGY STRATEGY 2050

REDUCE ENERGY’S SECTOR USE OF FOSSIL FUELS BY 33% IN 2020.BY THAT TIME, 62% OF OUR ELECTRICTY CONSUMPTION WILL COME FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES

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EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES:MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK

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Global competitive advantages by being

energy efficient

Danish exports of sustainable energy

products have remained healthy during

the financial crises

Clean tech industry accounts for 13

percent of Danish export and set to

grow!