Program

Climate Future Lab

What will the net zero society of the future look like?

The Climate Future Lab is a cross-cutting program in CONCITO. We work to link development across sectors and to put long-term climate policy into debate.

Collaborating with foreign experts and vital Danish players, we examine trends and challenge conventional wisdom. We develop ideas on what alternative, climate-friendly futures could look like and what it takes to get there.

The long-term goal is to create visions for Denmark as a climate-positive society. A society that absorbs more greenhouse gases than it emits and offers attractive living conditions for people within planetary boundaries.

Climate Future Labbrings state-of-the-art knowledge to Denmark and offers knowledge of Danish models as inspiration for the green transition abroad.

Climate Future Lab works with:

  1. Identifying possible and attractive futures through dialogue.
  2. Strengthening the knowledge base for long-term, evidence-based policy development through analysis and debating choices, dilemmas, and potentials.
  3. Disseminating knowledge about future challenges and options for action.

A real solution to the climate crisis requires we see the green transition as a transformation of society as a whole - not just as replacing old technology with new ones. This requires cross-cutting and long-term action based on the potential of tomorrow's society rather than the constraints of today's.

Danish emissions account for about one per mille of global emissions. If Denmark is to make an international difference, it is therefore vital that our solutions inspire change in other countries. Denmark must lead the way. It also applies to the business sector, where Denmark as a market leader, cannot be taken for granted in the future. However, this also requires that we as a society take on a leading role in the transition.

Projekt

Future land use

Our current land use is not sustainable, and global land use plays a crucial role in the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, forest loss, and the release of reactive nitrogen and phosphorus into the environment. Scientists estimate that planetary boundaries are currently being exceeded in all these areas. If planetary boundaries continue to be exceeded, there is a risk of dramatic and irreversible changes in the global environment and climate.

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Employees

Projects in this program

  • klimatilpasning oversvømmelse

    Almost a third of Denmark is threatened by water from the sky, sea and ground

    29 percent of the Danish area, and thus more than 440,000 year-round homes and almost 160,000 holiday homes, are already potentially affected by water from various forms of extreme weather - storm surges, heavy or prolonged downpours and rising groundwater. Such weather events will become more frequent and severe in the future. A new analysis from CONCITO suggests that the landscape, and the way we use it, is an important piece of the puzzle in dealing with tomorrow's wilder climate.
    Press release
  • skov

    Nordic collaboration on climate neutrality

    The Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) are all aiming at achieving climate neutrality before 2050, but this will be hard to achieve with the current pace of the green transition in the Nordic region.
    News
  • Nordic net-zero weeks

    Webinar series: Nordic Net-Zero Weeks

    With global greenhouse gas emissions at their highest levels in human history, the need for rapid transformation of societies is immense.
    Event
  • y

    CONCITO engages in collaboration with leading knowledge organizations on a vision for Nordic climate neutrality

    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.
    News
  • bhi

    The Land use of Denmark - the future of Denmark

    Land use is central to the green transition. In this report, we look at future land use needs and identify some of the challenges and dilemmas we face.
    Rapport
  • s

    Danish Climate Neutrality by 2040

    A scenario for: Danish Climate Neutrality by 2040
    Fremsynsnotat
  • klimatilpasning oversvømmelse

    Almost a third of Denmark is threatened by water from the sky, sea and ground

    29 percent of the Danish area, and thus more than 440,000 year-round homes and almost 160,000 holiday homes, are already potentially affected by water from various forms of extreme weather - storm surges, heavy or prolonged downpours and rising groundwater. Such weather events will become more frequent and severe in the future. A new analysis from CONCITO suggests that the landscape, and the way we use it, is an important piece of the puzzle in dealing with tomorrow's wilder climate.
    Press release
  • skov

    Nordic collaboration on climate neutrality

    The Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) are all aiming at achieving climate neutrality before 2050, but this will be hard to achieve with the current pace of the green transition in the Nordic region.
    News
  • Nordic net-zero weeks

    Webinar series: Nordic Net-Zero Weeks

    With global greenhouse gas emissions at their highest levels in human history, the need for rapid transformation of societies is immense.
    Event
  • y

    CONCITO engages in collaboration with leading knowledge organizations on a vision for Nordic climate neutrality

    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.
    News