Denmark
Climate change impacts
It takes only 187 days for the average Canadian to produce as much greenhouse gases as the average Dane will produce over the course of the entire year. Therefore, July 6th (187 days into the year) is "Climate Change Impacts in Denmark Day."
Climate change is projected to have huge impacts on climate and precipitation in Denmark in the future, but its impacts are already being felt. The tree pollination season has began weeks earlier in Denmark than it did 20 years ago, and the warmer climate will also favour the growth of southern tree species. Warmer climates are also effecting the patterns of migratory birds with them leaving later in the fall and coming back earlier in the spring. Lakes and other bodies of water have risen in temperature about 2 degrees Celsius since 1989.
To find out more about the current and future effects of climate change in Denmark visit the National Environment Research Institute.
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"We use our citizens actively, we use our local companies and we use the technological development that exists in the field."
-Torben Juul, Technical Director Thisted Municipality
"Thisted in north west Jutland is the most climate-friendly municipality in Denmark. Since the early 1980s, they’ve been using a creative mix of sustainable energy sources...”
To find more about what the Thisted community is doing to harness wind energy, look for Denmark in the Environmental Atlas of Europe.
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