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Pledges to Progress 2025 Executive summary
At COP28, more than 50 of the world’s leading oil and gas companies launched the Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC), laying out a series of ambitions to achieve net zero operational emissions by 2050. As global methane and flaring emissions continue to rise, these ambitions are more important than ever to reduce energy waste and mitigate the harmful consequences of climate change.To support accountability and transparency, the International Energy Agency (IEA), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) set out a framework of 25 metrics to assess and track…
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Energy Efficiency 2025 Transport
How and where is energy used? Total final consumption in 2024 was over 450 EJ and has grown by around 25 EJ since 2019. Transport accounts for around 30% of global energy demand and have contributed around 10% of the growth in total demand since 2019. Road transport accounts for nearly 90% of total domestic energy demand. The remaining 10% is split between domestic aviation, domestic shipping and rail.In advanced economies, passenger cars dominate road transport demand, accounting for around 65% of the transport energy use. Trucks make up most of the remainder. Buses play a minor role in energy demand…
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Global Methane Tracker 2026 Addressing methane in the marketplace
Near-zero methane standards from key importers could cut upstream oil and gas emissions by 20% There is increasing interest in many countries in reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions linked to their fossil fuel imports. For some of the largest oil and gas importers – the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, Korea and China – such emissions (15 million tonnes in 2024) far exceed those from domestic oil and gas operations and infrastructure (5 million tonnes in 2024). Upstream methane emissions intensities associated with oil and gas imports differ across countries. According to International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates, average intensities…
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Paulina Hennig-Kloska
Ministry of Climate and Environment.
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Center for Minerals and Materials (MiMa)
In 2013, the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland established the Centre for Minerals and Materials (MiMa) to build knowledge about issues related to the supply and scarcity of mineral raw materials, and to come up with solutions to the future raw material challenges. The Centre conducts research around four interconnected topics: Security of supply of raw materials, Raw materials in the circular economy, Raw materials for 'green' technology and Raw materials in waste.The Centre conducts criticality assessments for raw materials at the EU level and for the domestic industry. They also undertake market research for materials recycling and prospecting…
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Heat Pump Pool
The Heat Pump Pool aims to convert heat supply in year-round homes in Denmark to greener alternatives by providing subsidies for individual heat pumps (liquid-to-water or air-to-water). Homeowners, including private homeowners and various housing associations, can apply for tax-exempt subsidies to replace oil, gas, bio boilers, or electric heating systems with heat pumps, meeting specific technical requirements.
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Energy Renovation Pool
The Energy Renovation Pool aims to reduce energy consumption in year-round homes in Denmark by providing subsidies for renovating building envelopes and optimizing home operations. Eligible projects include replacing façade windows, skylights, and external post-insulation, as well as installing mechanical ventilation with heat recovery and waterborne space heating. Homeowners, including private homeowners and various housing associations, can apply for tax-exempt subsidies to support these energy-efficient renovations.
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Business Pool subsidies covering 50% of the cost of an energy-saving project
The Business Pool administered by the Danish Energy Agency provides subsidies to companies in Denmark to help finance energy and carbon dioxide saving projects. The grant covers up to 50% of the cost of an eligible project. Examples of projects that can receive grants include the replacement of boilers with heat pumps or district heating, the establishment of heat recovery systems, and replacement of lighting by LED. The application procedure was simplified as of November 2022.
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Greenhouse gas reductions andinvestments in the green transition - Efficient use of energy and renovations
As part of the green recovery, Denmark's government will set DKK 30 billion (EUR 4 billion) aside for green renovations in the public housing sector. The fund will come from the Rural Development Fund and will be spread over the period of 2020-2026. Within the budget, DKK 18.4 billion will be used to renovate 72,000 homes currently on the waiting list, and the remaining DKK 11.6 billion DKK will serve future renovations until 2026. Renovations of public housing buildings are expected to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 47,000 tons of CO2eq and create…
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Danish Building Regulations 2015 (BR15)
The Building Regulations 2015 contains the rules for construction of buildings in Denmark, both private and commercial. Regulation is primarily based on functional requirements.
The Building Regulations 2015 (BR15) are divided into two columns. The column on the left contains the legal requirements, i.e. the legally binding regulations, and the column on the right contains guideline sketches and comments on the legal requirements. The Building Regulations also comprise 7 appendices. Drawings in the guidance are only to be taken as examples. In addition to the guidance set out in the column on the right, the Danish Transport and Construction…