Energy Strategy 2050 – from coal, oil and gas

Ambitious endeavours for
a global transition
Background The government will
Security of energy supply is best achieved when all
countries cooperate to minimise and make the consumption
of scarce resources more efficient. Similarly,
only global action can solve the climate challenge. Most
countries have submitted reduction initiatives to the
UNFCCC. Enhanced global reduction efforts are required
to meet the climate challenge and bring about greater
focus on efficient and innovative solutions which can realise
reduction commitments and develop new solutions
to adapt countries to climate impacts.
At the same time, such a transition to a global green
economy will create a significant international economic
growth potential; a potential from which Denmark can
also benefit through exports of Danish green solutions.
In addition, if other countries also implement stricter
requirements for their industry and businesses, the risk
of impairing the competitiveness of the most ambitious
countries will be reduced.
Therefore, Denmark will push for a global green transition
in international forums. Further to this, the government
will work to establish a Global Green Growth Forum
to create an annual global forum for dialogue between
leading international politicians, businesses, experts
and investors on the transition to a global green growth
economy. The main themes will be the role of the business
community in the green transition, financing green
growth, and the political framework conditions for green
growth within sectors such as transport, energy and
water. The initiative is to contribute to the development
of specific solutions and responses to the global growth
challenges and also to help maintain and enhance Denmark’s
brand in the green area.
• Work in international forums such as the UN, the
OECD, the Rio+20 Conference, the International
Energy Agency, and the Clean Energy Ministerial etc.
for:
• ambitious, global efforts for the climate. Primarily
by having countries’ reductions efforts implemented
and enhanced through negotiations within the
UNFCCC as well as through expansion of the
regional allowances trading systems, enhancing
the global carbon market through improvements
in the institutional framework for international and
national project-based reductions after 2012,
and by enhancing environmental integrity through
requirements and standards for utilising climate
credits in the EU and UN after 2012
• promotion of a green growth agenda, for example
Green Economy is a main theme for the Rio+20
conference in 2012 on sustainable utilisation
of natural resources in a social and economic
context
• energy efficiency and transition to clean and
renewable energy such as ”smart grids”, electric
cars etc.
• phase-out of subsidies etc. for fossil fuels
• Work to establish a Global Green Growth Forum
• Support green transition in developing countries, not
least the very poorest, in accordance with the countries’
economic and social development goals, in
particular through conversion of the energy sector to
more renewable energy and greater energy efficiency
of the transport sector and other relevant sectors.
This involves developing reduction and adaptation
strategies, including methods to calculate emissions.
Energy Strategy 2050 – from coal, oil and gas to green energy.
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