Energy fairy tale: Why does Denmark become "the most sustainable country"

In May this year, the report of the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) in 2022 was released, and Denmark was awarded the title of "the most sustainable country" in the world for the second time. According to 40 indicators of the Environmental Performance Index, climate change performance, environmental health, and ecosystem vitality in 180 countries and regions have been ranked after analyzing. The index was jointly developed by Yale University and Columbia University. It is one of the world's leading national sustainable development trend analysis index. Denmark continues to perform outstanding performance in the 10 index scores and rankings of climate policy this year, and once again obtained the full recognition of the world's top climate experts. As the leader in implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Aired Aired Aired Aired agenda, China and Denmark's cooperation in the field of sustainable development has a long history, with rich results and broad prospects.

"Ugly duckling" becomes "white swan"

In fact, the green transformation of Denmark can achieve such a attention of the world today as a process of "poor thinking". As a country with a lack of fossil energy, Denmark was greatly impacted in the economic crisis of the 1970s and 1980s. The "oil crisis" that also arrived at the same time caused 99%of oil to depend on imported Danish society in production and life crisis. Energy crisis leads to shortage of materials, soaring prices, and rising unemployment rates. Swords to shrink and reduce energy consumption, "unforgettable cold winter" has become the collective memory of the Danish generation.

The experience of the difficult period made Denmark attach great importance to saving various resources including energy. In 1976 The dependence of imported energy began to decrease year by year. Since then, the Danish government has begun to formulate strict energy -saving standards for enterprises, and has identified reasonable sustainable goals for enterprise operations, R & D and continuous innovation.

In 2012, the Danish Parliament passed a energy agreement to formulate the development goal of becoming a zero -fossil fuel society by 2050, which is an important step for the green transformation of Danish society. This goal includes not only the vigorous development of wind power, biogas, and biological energy, but also emphasize the realization of energy conservation development in the whole society.

In order to promote climate actions in the world and ensure that Denmark played a leading role in the green transformation process, during the 2019 climate change conference, the Danish Parliament passed the first "Climate Act" and formulated the foundation in 2030 in 1990 in 1990 The goal of 70%of the 70%of the gas emissions of the greenhouse and reiterated the goal of achieving net zero emissions at the latest to 2050. It can be said that the green transformation of Denmark is a transformation driven by political initiative. In order to achieve the target of emission reduction, the Danish government has established a green transformation committee to ensure that each major political decision -making has incorporated climate factors into the scope of consideration. The Danish government has also established 14 climate partnerships with the industrial and commercial community to formulate a clear plan for emission reduction in different fields to pave the way for future sustainable solutions.

As the concept of sustainable development is rooted between the people, consumers and operators, Denmark's energy consumption level has not increased with the improvement of economic volume and living standards, and the natural environment has become better at the same time. Since 1976, Danish GDP growth has doubled, but energy consumption has only increased by 6%. Carbon emissions and water consumption have decreased significantly. At present, it is steadily moving towards carbon neutralization, and its sustainable development results are shocking.

In many countries, energy consumption, carbon emissions and economic development always seem to be a pair of contradictions, and GDP development and environmental protection are difficult to take into account. With advanced technologies such as waste incineration and sewage treatment, Denmark has achieved "negative carbon" in some areas and fields in some places and fields through the use of waste heat. At the same time, use scientific and technological innovation to maintain low energy consumption growth. Today, Danish renewable energy accounts for 40%, and the proportion of fossil fuels in power systems has fallen below 20%.

After more than 40 years of Denmark, through the joint participation of all sectors of society and the whole people through the legislature, government, and academic research institutions, it has taken a road of sustainable development of green transformation. Its energy from 90%relies on imports to now basically achieved self -sufficiency. Whether it is a circular economy, smart building, organic food or green travel, Danish has accumulated many green solutions to write a 21st century "energy fairy tale".

Daniel Esti, director of the Environmental Law and Policy Center of Yale University, said in a 2022 environmental performance index report that Denmark once again ranked first in the ranking of the index, reflecting its The policy is strong and powerful, and the leadership role has played on many issues, especially in the case of many countries falling into the dilemma of emission reduction, Denmark formulated the goal of achieving 70%of the 70%of the greenhouse gas emission reduction in 2030, and has significantly reduced it. emission of greenhouse gases. The report shows that Denmark has gradually eliminated fossil fuels by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and expanding renewable energy use, and successfully relieves climate change. According to the index, Denmark will become a very few countries that achieved the decarbon target by 2050.

"Denmark is a small country, but we want to become a global source of inspiration, and we also want to encourage other countries to respond to climate change." Danish climate, energy and energy minister Dane Jonsen said when talking about the index. Denmark Minister Lia Volin also said that Denmark's efforts for nature and the environment have been recognized by the world, which shows that we are on track, but far away from the ultimate goal. We are in the crisis of biological diversity. In the future, we must use less resources and recycle more, and protect citizens from pollution and dangerous chemicals. I hope other countries can be inspired from our work. We will continue to work hard for the common nature and environment. Sustainable development and cooperation in China and Danda

While Danish achieved its sustainable development, it also attaches great importance to international cooperation. At present, it has established bilateral energy partnerships with 19 countries including China.

Danish Foreign Minister Cost Minister Costy visited China in November 2021 and met with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, saying that Danfang highly appreciated the formation of carbon peaks, carbon neutralization and announcement of the Chinese projects. It shows China's global leadership and is willing to cooperate with China to strengthen climate change and sustainable development to jointly cope with global challenges.

Jayensen also highly appreciated the Chinese government's promise of reaching carbon peaks by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality before 2060. He specially published signature articles saying that the Chinese government's decision not only showed great determination, but also to the world. To achieve the common goal of the Paris Agreement is very important. Such a big goal will mean that China's economic model and the way of preserving growth and prosperity for the people will undergo tremendous changes. Since 2006, China -Den Dan has maintained close cooperation in the field of climate and energy, and partnership between the two countries has been committed to cooperation in the fields of renewable energy integration and improvement of power system flexibility. In the future, the potential of cooperation in the world's leading positions in the two countries will continue to excavate cooperation in areas. Sea wind energy, clean heating, regional energy, electrolytic hydrogen -making technology, zero -emission ships, and carbon capture and storage are areas that are jointly explored and focused on the two countries.

China and Denmo established an energy partnership in 2006, and have since carried out extensive intergovernmental cooperation in the energy field. The two countries have cooperated in the low -carbon energy system in 2006, including wind power development projects and promoting the formulation of renewable energy policies. At present, the Denmark-China Energy Partner Program (DEPP) is in the third stage (2020-2025), and the two sides have passed two strategic department cooperation plans for clean heating and green power to promote green energy transformation and emission reduction. The focus of the DEPP plan is to jointly formulate a national and provincial energy planning with the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, as well as the establishment of climate change and energy policy formulation with the National Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. In addition, the Danish Energy Administration also cooperated with the China National Energy Administration, the National Institute of Macroeconomic Research Institute and the Energy Research Institute of the National Macroeconomic Research Institute, and the Hydropower Planning and Design Institute.

Based on the cooperation since 2017, Danish State Grid Corporation and China State Grid Co., Ltd. continued to sign a three -year cooperation agreement on March 22 this year. The new cooperation agreement aims to support China's realization of renewable energy development goals and carbon peak targets in 2030. In his speech, the CEO of the Danish State Grid Corporation said that Denmark set the goal of achieving climate neutrality in 2050, hoping to deepen cooperation with China State Grid Corporation, strengthen knowledge and experience sharing, and achieve mutual benefit and win -win.

The capital of China and Danda is a friendly city. Copenhagen will become the world's first carbon neutral and capital in 2025. Beijing is also at the forefront of carbon peaks and carbon neutralization. By 2050, carbon neutrality will be achieved. Since 2018, Beijing and Copenhagen have cooperated around the efficiency of building energy. The Climate League Leadership Alliance of Xi'an and C40 City is also a partner of the project. The latest data show that the pilot projects in Beijing and Xi'an show huge potential in reducing energy and calorie consumption, effectively reducing economic costs and carbon emissions. On June 7, the two sides held an online seminar to release the results of the pilot project "Comparison Report on the Heating System of Beijing, Xi'an and Copenhagen". And energy experts from universities, heating groups and enterprises discussed the report. 2022 is the 10th anniversary of Copenhagen and Beijing's friendly cities. Two Friendship City will also hold more cooperation activities in the field of green development.

China and Danda firmly believe that green growth, while working hard to achieve the development of green and low -carbon in the country, actively promotes international cooperation in the field of climate change. As the world's largest United Nations event focusing on the sustainable development of global and enterprises, the United Nations Global Contract Leadership Summit was held online on June 1-2 in 2022. As an important achievement of the summit, the United Nations Global Contract Organization released the "China Strategy" to increase its efforts to support the "Belt and Road" and "Global Development Initiative". It is committed to strengthening cooperation with all parties in China and accelerating the advancement of sustainable development goals as soon as possible. On June 7-9, the 7th Global Energy Energy Conference of the International Energy Agency was held in Sandburg, Denmark. The ministers, climate leaders and experts from more than 70 countries and experts were discussed to pay more attention to the use of energy use and energy efficiency solution. Implementation. In the 21st century, the "energy fairy tale" compiled by the Danish people showed the basic concepts and good practices of green transformation and development. China's comprehensive green low -carbon transformation strategy is clear, and the potential for sustainable development of China and Dan countries is far -reaching.

(Our newspaper Helsinki, June 18th.

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