Country Profile DENMARK

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LG Action Country Profile - DENMARK 1

LG Action Country Profile Collection

DENMARK

This document reflects the current status on:

Government levels and departments responsible for / working with local governments (LGs).

Main national climate and energy relevant legislation and strategies that impact / has potential to impactcities and towns (also identifying what is legally not possible or difficult).,

National LG networks / associations support for local climate and energy action

Potential opportunities to be explored to improve the roll-out of local climate and energy action

A summary on the LG and their networks / associations interest and involvement in the Roadmap andadvocacy processes.

A. CONTEXT

1. Levels of government and their roles:Basic inter-relationship and impact (potential impact for action)

Level: Character: Mandates /

responsibilities / roles:

National Denmark is unitary parliamentary democracy and

constitutional monarchy.

5,557,709 inhabitants (2010)

14 counties (Amtskommuner)The county council represents the decision

making body and its members are elected for afour years mandate. In addition, it can establish

special committees and be assisted by several

offices. It also appoints the county president.

The executive committees are elected by thecouncil. They are responsible for the

preparation and implementation county council

decisions. The mayor of the county heads the

council and the county administration.

The county council is also responsible for boththe deputies and mayors elections

The counties competences

are related to health care,secondary education,

public transport, land and

economic development.

269 municipalities (Kommuner)

municipalities

17 have signed up to the Covenantof Mayors (June 2010)

Typical size: 440 km2 (2008)1

The municipal council members are elected for

four years mandate. This deliberative body

appoints members of the executive commissions

and it is responsible for set up the budget.

The executive committees are in charge of local

administration.

In addition, there are also permanent committees

which help the municipal council in the

preparation of council decisions. The municipal

council is obliged to set up a financial committee

but may also set up special committees. The chief

of the municipal council is the mayor who is

elected for four years mandate and is responsible

The competences of themunicipal organizations

are related to primary

schools, taxation, waste,

child care, culture, sport,

public services.

1http://www.ccre.org/bases/T_599_28_3524.pdf; http://www.eumayors.eu/covenant_cities/towns_cities_en.htm;http://www.ccre.org/docs/nuancier_2009_en.pdf


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for both administration and municipal council.

Financing: The Denmark local government are

financed by different local revenue sources: taxes

(income tax, property tax and a share of the

corporation tax) for 47,44%, 18,04% operating

and capital revenue (from supply companies, day

care institutions and sale of land), 7%reimbursement (from the state), 10,62% general

subsidies (which are mainly state grants for local

municipalities), 15,85% net interest, 0,80% net

loans and 0,25% financial changes2.

B. NATIONAL / FEDERAL INFORMATION Climate and Energy

Legislation & approach taken by country (name & number of law / regulation together with summary of intent)

2. Main national / federal climate strategies, policy and legislation on climate change

2.1 Climate strategy and policy:- The past years, climate and energy issues have been placed very high on the agenda in Denmark.

The interest in this area has been widely shared by the central Government, private businesses,

NGOs and also local governments. The Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy states that the vision

of the Danish Government is to make Denmark completely independent of fossil fuels. An

important step in this context is to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions in Denmark. This is also a

target for Denmark under the Kyoto Protocol.3

- In the Kyoto Protocol, the member states collectively committed themselves to reduce their

greenhouse gas emissions by 8 per cent for the period 2008-12 compared to 1990. Denmark has

also formally agreed to commit itself to two specific obligations in relation to the Kyoto Protocol:

A commitment to reduce the national greenhouse gas emissions by 8 per cent in the period2008-12 in relation to the base year 1990 (1995 for industrial gases).

A commitment (as a part of the EUs internal burden-sharing mechanism from 1998) to reduce

the national greenhouse gas emissions by 21 per cent in the period 2008-12 in relation to the

base year 1990, due to a large import of electricity.

- These are the commitments upon which Denmark bases its climate and energy policies.

- Denmarks performance regarding the Kyoto commitments: The Danish effort to reduce GHGs is

determined in the Danish allocation plan from 2007 also known as the NAP (National Allocation

Plan).4

The NAP presents the strategy for the initiatives to be implemented in order to satisfy the

Danish reduction target at 21 per cent on average in the period 2008-12 compared to the level in

1990. The allocation plan is based on a projection of how Denmarks greenhouse gas emissions

and other influencing factors will develop during the Kyoto period. The Danish Energy Agency is

responsible for the surveillance of the development of the accomplishment of the Danish Kyoto

commitments.

- Establishment of a Climate Commission November 20075: The goal of the Danish Government is

that Denmark should free itself completely from fossil fuels by 2050. In connection with the

Governments response to A Visionary Danish Energy Policy until 2025, the national Climate

Commission with ten experts was established in November 2007 with the aim to suggest climate

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3 The source of the following is the website of the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy: www.kemin.dk4

The NAP is available on the website: www.ens.dk/en-US/ClimateAndCO2/national_allocation_plan5

Climate Commission: www.klimakommissionen.dk/da-DK/Sider/Forside2.aspx


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policy instruments for the future energy policy and develop proposals for how the Government's

long term vision of totally freeing Denmark from its dependence on fossil fuels could be achieved

in practice. The Commission will present proposals for new proactive instruments for an energy

and climate change policy with global and market-based perspectives that contribute to cost-

effective attainment of the long-term vision. The Commission will also assess new fields of

technology and the potential for the market-based development of these technologies with the

aim of implementing the long-term vision, and furthermore they will assess the extent to which

effective implementation requires internationally co-ordinated co-operation.

- Danish strategy for adaptation to a changing climate, March 2009: The objective of the strategy

is that in the future, climate change should be considered and integrated into planning and

development. The strategy contains a number of guidelines to enable authorities, businesses and

citizens to react promptly and autonomously to the challenges climate change will pose to the

Danish society. By autonomous adaptation it is meant that authorities, businesses and citizens

react to the consequences of climate change in a timely manner within the legislative, economic

and technological framework. The strategy focuses mainly on the general activities to be

undertaken to ensure the process. Initiatives shall mainly be taken within the existing framework

and does not entail any financial support for climate initiatives6. The webportal is anchored in a

cross-cutting Co-ordination Forum for Climate Change Adaptation, including representatives from

nine ministries, Local Government Denmark and the Association of Danish Regions. It was

developed by the Information Centre for Climate Change Adaptation under the Danish Ministry of

Climate and Energy in collaboration with an array of other institutions. Work in the individual

institutions is co-ordinated by a portal working group set up for the purpose.

2.3 Energy relevant policy and strategy:

- Energispareaftale November 2009 Energy-Savings Agreement 2009 between the

Government and local authorities: From 2010, energy companies are obliged to provide an

increased energy-savings yearly. The obligation is equivalent to the annual energy consumption of

approx. 67,000 houses or 0.8 per cent per year. This is the result of a savings agreement between

the Climate and Energy Ministry and the network and distribution companies within electricity,

natural gas, district heating and oil. The companies have already committed themselves to deliver

energy-savings, but with this agreement the obligations have almost doubled according to the

Government.

- Energipolitiske redegrelser, energy policy reports to the Danish Parliament from 2003-2010:

The energy policy reports focus on the future problems of supply and climate, which is the starting

point of the basis for the Governments future plan for an energy supply independent of fossil

fuels.

Among the most important milestones in the political process in Denmark regarding climate and

energy issues, we find the following decisions:

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- Agreement on Green Growth June 2009 a plan for the environment and nature. The strategy

also entails an action plan for a green agriculture and food business in growth.

- Klimapolitisk redegrelse (1st report on climate policies) climate policy report 2009 to the DanishParliament. The report mainly deals with the fact that Denmark hosted the UNs COP15 Summit in

Copenhagen (December 2009) and the objective of reaching an ambitious and broad global

climate deal in Copenhagen with the furthest possible reduction targets. Being the host nation of

COP15 the biggest international event in Denmark ever also boosted the interest in climate

and energy issues among the Danish municipalities, businesses and citizens.

6www.klimatilpasning.dk7

Read more about the policy documents and legal acts mentioned in this report on the websites: www.kemin.dk

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o Klimapolitisk redegrelse (2nd

report on climate policies) climate policy report 2010 to the

Danish Parliament. The report recommends in the non-quota regulated sectors transport,

agriculture and the rest of the energy sector that the Danish climate goal should be a reduction

by 20 per cent until 2020 (compared with 2005).

- In April 2009, a report was made by the consultancy company Rambll on behalf of Local

Government Denmark (LGDK), estimating the future costs of climate adaptation and the financial

needs of the municipalities due to climate adaptation. The report examined the expenditures for

sewage, buildings and roads. Furthermore, the coastal areas that will be most affected were

examined.

Sewage: An estimated investment of 490 millions Danish Crowns (DKK) is necessary annually.

Buildings: A total of 6.4 billions DKK is necessary if buildings should be adapted to climate

change.

Roads: 12 billions DKK of investments is necessary.

Agreement on green transport policy (2009)

- The deal on green transport policy is supposed to reduce CO2 emission significantly until 2020. The

policy is a long-term strategy based on three pillars that effectively will reduce green house gas

emissions and at the same time ensure mobility:

o A shift to green car taxation

o More public transport

o New sustainable technologies

- Moreover, it is planned to use more energy-efficient vehicles in the transport sector.

- It works well when local authorities, NGOs and citizens are involved. It is crucial that climate and

energy issues are not a matter for the central Government solely. A broad ownership to the

process where those who are to make the plans and intentions reality are involved in the

decision-making is therefore crucial.

- Ad-hoc adaptation is the main principle for the Danish Government as regards climate change.

There is not much planned strategic climate adaptation. On one hand, there are numerous plans,decisions and projects, on the other hand an overall strategy and co-ordination is sometimes

lacking.

C. LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEGAL MANDATE(S) / RESPONSIBILITIES

Legislation and the role of LGs in the specific context of climate change and energy (name and number of law / regulation

together with summary)

3. LGs and climate change:

Was there a local government reform process? (Change in their roles? Change in government levels?)

- ?Do LGs have a legal mandate or responsibility regarding climate change mitigation?

- The mandate for the local governments action concerning climate is mostly found in the regional

and municipal tasks they are obligated to perform.

- There is no specific law regulating the responsibilities of municipalities within climate change.

There has been a demand from some NGOs (for example the environment grass root organisation

NOAH) that a specific climate law should be adopted, but there is no political support for this

(spring of 2010).

Do LGs have a legal mandate or responsibility to address adaptation/community resilience/disaster prevention?

- Denmarks Planning Act LBK no. 883 of 18 August 2004: Spatial planning is regulated by the

Planning Act that was adopted in 1992. It has been changed many times, most recently after the

local government reform in 2007. The Planning Act delegates responsibility for spatial planning in

Denmark to the Minister for the Environment, five regional planning authorities and 98 municipal


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councils. The Planning Act decentralizes decision-making authority and promotes public

participation in the planning process based on the reformed planning legislation of the 1970s.

- The Planning Act has also been changed so that it takes the flooding directive into account.

Municipalities are now obliged to take measures to safeguard areas in risk of being flooded,

Planning Act, article 11a section 16.

May they participate in carbon off-setting schemes (voluntary or otherwise)?

- ?

4. LGs and energy:

Do LGs have any mandate and responsibilities regarding local energy production (e.g. regulations, may they

establish an ESCO (Energy Service Company)?

- Example: ESCO (Energy Service Companies) solutions in the municipality of Middelfart: The

municipality has used thermography and analyzed the energy loss from houses on a municipal

road. After that they asked the citizens whether they expected to get their house energy

renovated. Half of them said yes, and afterwards a project was initiated based on the ESCO model.

Middelfart has also used the ESCO model for improving the energy-efficiency in their own

municipal buildings. Middelfart has entered into a seven-year agreement with TAC, a specialist inbuildings automatics. The purpose is to renovate and control ventilation, central heating and

lightening in 100 municipal buildings.

Do LGs have any mandate and responsibilities regarding buildings and urban planning (e.g. regulations, land sale

requirements, Urban Master Plan, etc.)?

- ?

D. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACTUAL APPROACH

What is actually happening at the LG level? (e.g. voluntary engagement as the local impact of climate change is

already visible, or awaiting guidance from national level)

5. Motivation for local climate and energy action:

Why do LGs respond or plan to respond (is there a specific reason, or various reasons)?

- The overall motivation is that local governments wants to show citizens that municipalities take

climate change seriously, to obtain CO2 reduction and energy-savings and at the end to save

money. Municipalities have realised that climate change is to be taken seriously and that they

have a responsibility to reduce climate change.

- Opportunities to be explored: More support from the national Government would make it

possible to act much more actively. It is difficult to change everything with no extra financing,

especially in the current situation with tight public budgets.

- Also in the field of transport, the City of Copenhagen believes that road pricing is essential in order

to reduce CO2 emission in Copenhagen. However, this is not allowed by the Danish Government sofar, also due to the fact that there is a disagreement on who should receive the revenues from

road pricing.

6. Local climate action:

What do LGs do? How do they respond (different levels of municipality engaged? Different departments active,

with one department leading? Overall strategy or ad hoc responses?)

- The approach in Denmark is very ad hoc based. There is only limited financial support for local

initiatives so it is very much op to the municipalities themselves to initiate actions on climate

change. No central funding for climate initiatives exists.

- An example: Danish municipalities entered into an agreement with Danish Society of Nature

Conservation (Danmarks Naturfredningsforening, DN). In the DNs Climate Communities


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campaign, Danish municipalities pledge themselves to reduce their carbon footprint. 62 out of 98

municipalities have signed the agreement (as of May 2010).

- Some municipalities have experience with applying EU funds and programmes for finance for

climate projects. The experience in this field is mixed. There are a number of success stories on

municipalities that got both finance and experience from foreign project partners. On the other

hand, it is a limited number of the 98 municipalities that have got support from the EU and those

who have, find EU projects too complicated administratively and not so attractive financially (they

have to co-finance too much themselves and some costs for infrastructure and equipment are not

eligible under the EU programmes for climate and energy).

7. Local energy action:

Estimate how many LGs are actively engaged in switching to sustainable energy. Estimate how many LGs have

already developed an Action Plan (energy, mobility, waste,). Estimate how many are starting up in this field.

- There are basically two laws regulating the responsibilities of Danish municipalities in the field ofenergy:

- Law on the supply of energy L1115 of 8 November 2006: Municipalities can perform network

supply with less than 100,000 connected customers and generate electricity by burning waste.Municipalities and regions may participate in all other activities which are covered by article

2.1 when it is handled by a limited liability company.

- The Law on heat planning in Denmark L347 of 17 May 2005: The law on heating supplyregulates the heat planning in Denmark. The main principles of the law on heat supply are:

Municipalities are responsible for approving projects for collective heating supply

Municipalities must accept the most economic project. Heat production must in principle

be produced in co-production of electricity. Collective heating installations are subject to a

condition of recognition of the necessary costs ("rest-in-it-yourself" balance).

- The financing of the strategic energy plans is not yet in place. It is a precondition for the

municipalities that they are compensated if strategic energy plans become a formal task.- Debate on strategic energy planning March 2010: In the discussion paper published by the

Danish Energy Board and Local Government Denmark, the central role of municipalities in the

heating planning is stressed and the municipalities are urged to take on a more active role in the

distribution of collective heating. Today, municipalities accept the new heating projects but do not

ensure a coherent planning within a larger geographical area and across municipal borders.

- The aim of the current regulation is to find the best supply in a supply chain. The regulation does

not take into account that supply is based on the limited resources that can only be used once,

and does not take into account whether resources could be used elsewhere more efficiently.

- Strategic energy plans are a tool to think in a long-term and holistic way and a contribution to

increase the security of supply and to reach the national goals on renewable energy.

- Example: Gate 21 an initiative taken by Albertslund Municipality (Copenhagen suburb) together

with the neighbouring municipalities Brndby, Vallensbk, Hvidovre og Ishj. The goal is to

develop a strategic co-operation between municipalities, businesses, housing organizations,

research institutions and other energy-efficient solutions.

- Example: One of the main initiatives is the so-called Place C. The purpose is to create a central

for energy-efficient renovation of municipal buildings and social housing. 36 partners are involved

in a joint effort to develop, test and demonstrate new solutions and concepts.

8. Role of national LG association(s) in support of members

All national and thematic local government associations and networks - organisation name{s}, number of

members, any established conservation of resources, etc.


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- All 98 municipalities are members of Local Government Denmark (LGDK). The association has a

climate network which meets 3-4 times a year. 45 municipalities are members of the network.

- Because of the lack of action from the national level, LGDK took the initiative to the report:

Climate Initiative of Local Government in May 2009. With the local climate initiative, LGDK

started a dialogue on how the state and the local authorities can best divide the new climate tasks

between them and what needs to be done as regards legislative measures.

- CO2-calculator a common project between LGDK and the Ministry of Climate and Energy.

- The municipal CO2-calculator is a tool for mapping and planning of local climate initiatives. The

calculator can be used by municipalities to both calculate the CO2 baseline of the municipality as a

geographical entity and to prioritize the instruments the municipality wants to use in the future.

- Climate adaptation, energy-saving and municipal energy plans report from a working group between LGDKand the Danish Government May 2010:

o In the annual agreement (kommuneaftalen) between the Danish Government and

LGDK for 2010, it was agreed that a working group should look at what local

governments could do in terms of climate adaptation, energy and municipal energy

plans. A precondition for the working group was that any possible expenditure should

be held within the existing framework and that no new financing should be discussed.

o The conclusion was that municipalities within the existing legal framework have

good opportunities to initiate necessary climate adaptation. The working group

recommended that further steps should be taken looking at proposals for modelling

and tool development to support climate adaptation efforts, including a prototype of

a screening tool concerning flooding from the sea.

o In relation to the strategic energy plans, the working group recommended that the

proposed strategic energy plans of municipalities must be taken into consideration

later this year in the new energy agreement that runs from 2010 and onwards.

o It is further recommended that municipalities use the knowledge and expertise of the

energy companies. At the same time, the Working Centre for Energy is encouraged to

explore the potential for energy-savings in the municipalities.- In Denmark, the system of agreements between the central Government and LGDK is

characterised by a fairly high degree of centralisation residing in economic entities.

Decentralised contacts between various ministries and LGDK are a wholly necessary part of

the system, but there is also a very tight central co-ordination of the agreement process. For

both LGDK and the central Government, the economic entities play an important part in co-

ordinating the agreement process, and the Danish agreement system is dependent upon the

central position of the Ministry of Finance in the central administration.

- As consultations and agreements cover economic and general issues as well as sector-specific

issues, it should be considered in the climate issues, too, how the right balance is to be

achieved between decentralised interactions with the various ministries on the one hand, and

the centralised negotiations with the economic ministries on the other.- Furthermore, there are a lot of other ways, in which the local governments in Denmark are

consulted by the national Government as described in the publication Consultation

procedures within European states from the Council of European Municipalities and Regions

(2007):

As a general rule, the local and regional government partners are directly involved in

drafting legislation of importance to local and regional authorities, and therefore they

are represented in a wide array of government committees and boards drawing up

new legislation and defining tasks to be solved locally and regionally.8

- Since 1980, an agreement system regarding the framework of the municipal economy has

been developed between the state and municipalities, with Local Government Denmark

8The report is available on the CEMRs website: www.ccre.org under Publications.


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(LGDK), acting on behalf of the municipalities. The main advantage of this system is that the

agreements made and achievement of the goals covers all the municipalities, and offers the

individual municipality more latitude as the negotiations typically result in some extra state

subsidies for tasks carried out at the local level. LGDK liaises with its members over the

negotiations/consultations with national government, both before and during the

consultations. This is due to the experience that Danish municipalities achieve the best results

if they speak with one voice to the national Government. This process is extensive, where

LGDK also carries out a follow-up (a budget review that shows the local authorities

performance of the agreements). The municipalities submit input and financial data to Local

Government Denmark which then works out a co-ordinated report to the national

Government.

- The agreement is made on behalf of all Danish municipalities and is thus not legally binding for

the individual municipality. However, it is decisive for the agreement system that the local

authorities feel committed to act in compliance with the content of the agreement when

organising the economy. This is also the case most of the time, though the agreement system

is a political process with many different views and the content of the agreements is a topic

for discussion. For instance from 2012 there will be a pilot project where five

municipalities (which are not selected yet) will get the status of frikommuner (municipalities

independent from the national-local consultation system). The five municipalities will

negotiate economic and other matters directly with the national Government. The

background for the pilot project is to discover if it is more beneficial to have direct

negotiations between the national Government and the individual municipality.

- Climate adaptation, energy-saving and municipal energy plans national-local consultations in

Denmark: In the annual agreement between the Danish government and LGDK for 2010,

climate issues were on the agenda. This was the first time that climate was a topic in the

annual negotiations.

E. INVOLVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ACTIVITIES

9. Overview of LG involvement in the Local Government Climate Roadmap

How have LGs been involved in the international and European process how interested, how many, to what

extent (from very active to observer).

- A substantial number of the Danish municipalities has taken an active part of the local

Government Climate Roadmap since the beginning in 2007.

- Local Government Denmark took the initiative to organize a Local Government Climate Change

Leadership Summit in June 2009. The main purpose of the summit was to gather local

governments from around the world to create and commit to a joined position. The summit

gathered approx. 700 municipal participants from almost 100 countries across the world. The

conclusions and recommendations from this event was to feed as an input to the upcomingCOP15 Summit in Copenhagen in December 2009

9. Danish municipalities were actively taking part

in the summit.

Level of involvement in the national climate debate?

- Active through LGDK.

Impact of this on interest and involvement in regional (European) and international activities?

- Danish municipalities have been very enthusiastic about the COP 15 Summit. In 2009, both beforeand during COP15, many municipalities received delegations from abroad. The foreign guests

wanted to get acquainted with Danish solutions at the local level, and also for the Danish

municipalities, it was a great experience to present and discuss their projects and solutions with

guests from other countries. For many municipalities in Denmark, such activities were also an

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opportunity to establish co-operation with partners from abroad a co-operation that lasted

beyond the COP15 Summit.

F. INVOLVEMENT IN NATIONAL ACTIVITIES

10. Overview of national-local interaction

Interaction and activities among national (federal) regional (state) local governments. Also potential /

planned activities (e.g. meetings scheduled) for 2010 and 2011 that could be explored within the framework of

LG Action.

Is there any formal interaction between national government and cities / others?

- As described above, there is an extensive interaction between the Danish central Government

and the local level. In terms of political and financial negotiations, Local Government Denmark

acts as a representative for all the 98 municipalities, in order to ensure that the municipalities

speak with one voice when negotiating with the Government.

- Generally speaking, there is a fruitful dialogue between the local governments and the central

Government. However, as also stated in this report, Local Government Denmark has requested

more strategic co-ordination of all the initiatives. And most importantly: More finance forimplementing all the decisions in the field of climate and energy issues.

- Feedback from municipalities at LG Action event: On 25 November 2010, Local Government

Denmark held the annual conference for international relations officers in Danish municipalities.

The conference was held in the Danish town Nyborg and gathered more than 200 participants.

The EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard was one of the speakers.

- The event was organized in a co-operation between LG Action, Local Government Denmark, the

European Commission and COK, the Danish municipal training academy.

- The overall topic of the conference was how municipalities can get better at EU projects and

fundraising. The reduced budgets in the municipalities do not only affect climate action, but also

other municipal tasks. Therefore, there is a huge interest in getting better at attracting finance

from EU programmes, private funds and other sources of finance.

- The conferences programme included, beside Commissioner Hedegaard, a number of other

exciting speakers with up-to-date information on how to finance development projects in the

municipalities.

- The afternoons programme was devoted to three parallel workshops. In connection to the

conference, there was also an exhibition area with a number of stands, one of them presenting

the LG Action project.

- On that occasion, Local Government Denmark made a survey where the participants were asked

the following question:

- Regarding climate and energy issues, its a common view that local governments can make an

important contribution in combating climate change and promoting sustainable energy. But what

is the biggest barrier for climate action by municipalities?

The most frequent answers by the participants were:

Difficult to get access to finance of climate an energy projects

Too high ambitions compared with the available resources

Not sufficient time for climate and energy activities

Unclear what the local government responsibilities are

Unclear legal framework for climate action

Lack of political support from the town council


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- The result confirms the assumption that one of the biggest barriers for climate action is the tight

financial situation of Danish municipalities which does not leave much space for new climate and

energy projects.

G. CONTACTS

11. Contacts for cities interested in providing additional information

Lolland Municipality - Climate Co-ordinator Ms. Lene Nielsen, E-mail [email protected]

Refer to the CoM signatories

12. Contacts for the national and sub-national government level

Ministry for Climate and Energy,

Ms. Nina Holst

E-mail [email protected]

13. Contacts for LG association(s)Local Government Denmark

Ms. Birthe Rytter Hansen, e-mail [email protected]

Ms. Berit Mathiesen, e-mail [email protected]

Ms. Gyrite Brandt, e-mail [email protected]

This report was compiled by: Ms. Eva Jacobsen, Ms. Nadia Flyvholm Mortensen, Mr. Peter Fjerring

Local Government Denmark, Secretariat-General, E-mail [email protected], Phone +45 3370 35 08

With contributions from: Ms. Birthe Rytter Hansen, Local Government Denmark, E-mail [email protected]

LG Action is co-funded by:

The sole responsibility for the content of this document

lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the

opinion of the European Communities. The European

Commission is not responsible for any use that may be

made of the information contained therein.

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