Denmark

Denmark

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🧍‍♂🧍‍♀️ 5,792,200 🏭 Annual emissions 34.81 mt CO2 Europe

Denmark's Climate Change Impact

Positive

  • 🎉 Pledge net zero by 2050 (in law)
  • 🚗 Ban ICE (diesel and petrol) vehicles by 2030
  • 🔋 75% of electricity is from renewables
  • 🌞 Uses solar power (3%)
  • 🍃 Uses wind power (53%)
  • 🌅 Other renewables power (~19%)

Negative

  • 🤮 14% of electricity still from coal
  • 🛢 Electricity from oil (3%)
  • ⛽ Electricity from natural gas (6%)

Percentages rounded from 2019 data.

📈 Denmark is rank 48 out of 195 countries for Climate Change.

How would you rate Denmark's Environmental Impact?

Is the Denmark part of the IEA (International Energy Agency)?

Yes, Denmark is part country member of the IEA, working together in partnership on tackling the emerging energy challenges.

What is Denmark's renewable vs fossil fuel energy mix?

Denmark uses 75% energy from renewable sources compared to 24.05% energy from fossil fuel sources.

Denmark's Climate Change Action

A list of some of Denmark's common climate change questions.

Have Denmark's government pledged to ban diesel and petrol cars?

Yes, Denmark have plans to ban ICE cars by 2030.


Have Denmark's government pledged to be a net zero country?

Yes, Denmark have pledged to be a net zero country by 2050.


Does Denmark's electricity mix still contain coal?

Yes, Denmark's electricity does still contain coal as part of the countries energy mix.

Does Denmark's generate nuclear electricity?

No, Denmark's does generate nuclear electricity.

Denmark's Climate Change Resources

National Climate Change Entity

Are you looking for your countries department for action against climate change? If so, the website below is Denmark's dedicated environment and global warming resource. We encourage everyone to put pressure on local and national government's to put climate change high on their priority and to push forward with climate positive laws.

International Department, Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate

Denmark's Comparison Against Countries

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