Climate change is increasingly seen as a conflict driver in the most vulnerable and fragile countries of the Global South. Indeed, the Syrian conflict has been assessed as conceivably the first conflict where it has been demonstrated with relative certainty that repeated and prolonged droughts over a short period of years laid the ground for economic collapse in - and internal migration from - rural areas towards the major cities, and that this migration subsequently contributed to internal social unrest and conflict in Syria.
The Danish Green Think Tank Concito has, as part of its new increased international engagement, signed a collaboration agreement with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
It is unsustainable for the EU to use large farmland areas to grow crops for energy when the world is facing a growing food crisis. Denmark should work for the EU to suspend the EU biofuels blending requirement and stop meeting the CO2e displacement requirement with crop-based biofuels.
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has published the third part of its sixth main report. It focuses on the opportunities and needs to mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The first interim report, published in August last year, dealt with climate science itself. The second interim report on climate impacts, adaptation and vulnerability was published in early March this year.
Press Release: The world's climate is about to cross the critical line for a 1.5-degree temperature rise. If we are to avoid the devastating consequences, all the world's nations must raise their game now. That includes Denmark.
This year’s VINTERAKADEMI focused on the social aspect of sustainability, how we can learn from history, and how important communication and interdisciplinary cross-collaboration is if we are to make a sustainable transformation of the built environment.
INTERAKADEMI is a recurring bootcamp for students and young professionals engaged with sustainability and the built environment. But what does the initiative mean for the participants? We’ve asked two of them to find out.
To avoid further disasters, we must choose the right solutions to the looming global food crisis. The EU and Denmark should accelerate the shift to land-efficient food production and consumption and reduce the use of crops for energy
Negotiations for implementation of the Danish 70% reduction target by 2030 is under way, and the first sector agreement on energy and industry emissions was struck late June with a focus on renewable energy, energy savings, heavy industry, etc.
CONCITO and the World Resources Institute have established a strategic partnership. CONCITO and WRI are very different in size but share fundamentally the objective of promoting a science-based green and socially fair transition, in cooperation with political institutions, businesses and civil society.
In addition to domestic climate targets and a new institutional framework, the new Danish Climate Act will include separate commitments to the international dimension of Danish climate policy.
In this concept note, CONCITO outlines a green deal approach to assisting coal-dependent emerging economies in making a quick transition to clean energy systems aligned with 1.5 degrees.
