LG Action Country Profile Collection

DENMARK
This document reflects the current status on:

Government levels and departments responsible for / working with local governments (LGs). Main national climate and energy relevant legislation and strategies that impact / has potential to impact cities and towns (also identifying what is legally not possible or difficult)., National LG networks / associations support for local climate and energy action Potential opportunities to be explored to improve the roll-out of local climate and energy action A summary on the LG and their networks / associations interest and involvement in the Roadmap and advocacy processes.

A. CONTEXT 1. Levels of government and their roles:

Basic inter-relationship and impact (potential impact for action)

Level:
National 14 counties (Amtskommuner)

Character:
Denmark is unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy.

Mandates / responsibilities / roles:

5,557,709 inhabitants (2010)

The

county council represents the decision making body and its members are elected for a four years mandate. In addition, it can establish special committees and be assisted by several offices. It also appoints the county president. executive committees are elected by the council. They are responsible for the preparation and implementation county council decisions. The mayor of the county heads the council and the county administration. the deputies and mayors elections

The counties competences

are related to health care, secondary education, public transport, land and economic development.

The

The county council is also responsible for both

269 municipalities municipalities (Kommuner)

The

17 have signed up to the Covenant

of Mayors (June 2010)

municipal council members are elected for four years mandate. This deliberative body appoints members of the executive commissions and it is responsible for set up the budget. administration.

The

Typical size: 440 km2 (2008)1

The executive committees are in charge of local In addition, there are also permanent committees
which help the municipal council in the preparation of council decisions. The municipal council is obliged to set up a financial committee but may also set up special committees. The chief of the municipal council is the mayor who is elected for four years mandate and is responsible

competences of the municipal organizations are related to primary schools, taxation, waste, child care, culture, sport, public services.

http://www.ccre.org/bases/T_599_28_3524.pdf; http://www.eumayors.eu/covenant_cities/towns_cities_en.htm;

http://www.ccre.org/docs/nuancier_2009_en.pdf

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for both administration and municipal council.

Financing:

The Denmark local government are financed by different local revenue sources: taxes (income tax, property tax and a share of the corporation tax) for 47,44%, 18,04% operating and capital revenue (from supply companies, day care institutions and sale of land), 7% reimbursement (from the state), 10,62% general subsidies (which are mainly state grants for local municipalities), 15,85% net interest, 0,80% net 2 loans and 0,25% financial changes .

B. NATIONAL / FEDERAL INFORMATION Climate and Energy Legislation & approach taken by country (name & number of law / regulation together with summary of intent) 2. Main national / federal climate strategies, policy and legislation on climate change 2.1 Climate strategy and policy:

The past years, climate and energy issues have been placed very high on the agenda in Denmark. The interest in this area has been widely shared by the central Government, private businesses, NGOs and also local governments. The Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy states that the vision of the Danish Government is to make Denmark completely independent of fossil fuels. An important step in this context is to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions in Denmark. This is also a target for Denmark under the Kyoto Protocol.3 In the Kyoto Protocol, the member states collectively committed themselves to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 8 per cent for the period 2008-12 compared to 1990. Denmark has also formally agreed to commit itself to two specific obligations in relation to the Kyoto Protocol: A commitment to reduce the national greenhouse gas emissions by 8 per cent in the period 2008-12 in relation to the base year 1990 (1995 for industrial gases). A commitment (as a part of the EUs internal burden-sharing mechanism from 1998) to reduce the national greenhouse gas emissions by 21 per cent in the period 2008-12 in relation to the base year 1990, due to a large import of electricity.

These are the commitments upon which Denmark bases its climate and energy policies. Denmarks performance regarding the Kyoto commitments: The Danish effort to reduce GHGs is determined in the Danish allocation plan from 2007 also known as the NAP (National Allocation Plan).4 The NAP presents the strategy for the initiatives to be implemented in order to satisfy the Danish reduction target at 21 per cent on average in the period 2008-12 compared to the level in 1990. The allocation plan is based on a projection of how Denmarks greenhouse gas emissions and other influencing factors will develop during the Kyoto period. The Danish Energy Agency is responsible for the surveillance of the development of the accomplishment of the Danish Kyoto commitments. Establishment of a Climate Commission November 20075: The goal of the Danish Government is that Denmark should free itself completely from fossil fuels by 2050. In connection with the Governments response to A Visionary Danish Energy Policy until 2025, the national Climate Commission with ten experts was established in November 2007 with the aim to suggest climate

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Ministry of Local Development (MLD) and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Urban Development through Local Efforts Programme Local government taxation systems. A cross-country perspective Recommendations for a future local government taxation system in Nepal, October 2009. 3 The source of the following is the website of the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy: www.kemin.dk 4 The NAP is available on the website: www.ens.dk/en-US/ClimateAndCO2/national_allocation_plan 5 Climate Commission: www.klimakommissionen.dk/da-DK/Sider/Forside2.aspx LG Action Country Profile - DENMARK 2

policy instruments for the future energy policy and develop proposals for how the Government's long term vision of totally freeing Denmark from its dependence on fossil fuels could be achieved in practice. The Commission will present proposals for new proactive instruments for an energy and climate change policy with global and market-based perspectives that contribute to costeffective attainment of the long-term vision. The Commission will also assess new fields of technology and the potential for the market-based development of these technologies with the aim of implementing the long-term vision, and furthermore they will assess the extent to which effective implementation requires internationally co-ordinated co-operation. Danish strategy for adaptation to a changing climate, March 2009: The objective of the strategy is that in the future, climate change should be considered and integrated into planning and development. The strategy contains a number of guidelines to enable authorities, businesses and citizens to react promptly and autonomously to the challenges climate change will pose to the Danish society. By autonomous adaptation it is meant that authorities, businesses and citizens react to the consequences of climate change in a timely manner within the legislative, economic and technological framework. The strategy focuses mainly on the general activities to be undertaken to ensure the process. Initiatives shall mainly be taken within the existing framework and does not entail any financial support for climate initiatives6. The webportal is anchored in a cross-cutting Co-ordination Forum for Climate Change Adaptation, including representatives from nine ministries, Local Government Denmark and the Association of Danish Regions. It was developed by the Information Centre for Climate Change Adaptation under the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy in collaboration with an array of other institutions. Work in the individual institutions is co-ordinated by a portal working group set up for the purpose.

2.3 Energy relevant policy and strategy: - Energispareaftale November 2009 Energy-Savings Agreement 2009 between the Government and local authorities: From 2010, energy companies are obliged to provide an increased energy-savings yearly. The obligation is equivalent to the annual energy consumption of approx. 67,000 houses or 0.8 per cent per year. This is the result of a savings agreement between the Climate and Energy Ministry and the network and distribution companies within electricity, natural gas, district heating and oil. The companies have already committed themselves to deliver energy-savings, but with this agreement the obligations have almost doubled according to the Government. - Energipolitiske redegrelser, energy policy reports to the Danish Parliament from 2003-2010: The energy policy reports focus on the future problems of supply and climate, which is the starting point of the basis for the Governments future plan for an energy supply independent of fossil fuels. Among the most important milestones in the political process in Denmark regarding climate and energy issues, we find the following decisions:7 - Agreement on Green Growth June 2009 a plan for the environment and nature. The strategy also entails an action plan for a green agriculture and food business in growth. - Klimapolitisk redegrelse (1st report on climate policies) climate policy report 2009 to the Danish Parliament. The report mainly deals with the fact that Denmark hosted the UNs COP15 Summit in Copenhagen (December 2009) and the objective of reaching an ambitious and broad global climate deal in Copenhagen with the furthest possible reduction targets. Being the host nation of COP15 the biggest international event in Denmark ever also boosted the interest in climate and energy issues among the Danish municipalities, businesses and citizens.

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www.klimatilpasning.dk Read more about the policy documents and legal acts mentioned in this report on the websites: www.kemin.dk and www.klimakommissionen.dk 3

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Klimapolitisk redegrelse (2 report on climate policies) climate policy report 2010 to the Danish Parliament. The report recommends in the non-quota regulated sectors transport, agriculture and the rest of the energy sector that the Danish climate goal should be a reduction by 20 per cent until 2020 (compared with 2005).

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In April 2009, a report was made by the consultancy company Rambll on behalf of Local Government Denmark (LGDK), estimating the future costs of climate adaptation and the financial needs of the municipalities due to climate adaptation. The report examined the expenditures for sewage, buildings and roads. Furthermore, the coastal areas that will be most affected were examined. Sewage: An estimated investment of 490 millions Danish Crowns (DKK) is necessary annually. Buildings: A total of 6.4 billions DKK is necessary if buildings should be adapted to climate change. Roads: 12 billions DKK of investments is necessary. Agreement on green transport policy (2009) - The deal on green transport policy is supposed to reduce CO2 emission significantly until 2020. The policy is a long-term strategy based on three pillars that effectively will reduce green house gas emissions and at the same time ensure mobility: o A shift to green car taxation o More public transport o New sustainable technologies - Moreover, it is planned to use more energy-efficient vehicles in the transport sector. - It works well when local authorities, NGOs and citizens are involved. It is crucial that climate and energy issues are not a matter for the central Government solely. A broad ownership to the process where those who are to make the plans and intentions reality are involved in the decision-making is therefore crucial. - Ad-hoc adaptation is the main principle for the Danish Government as regards climate change. There is not much planned strategic climate adaptation. On one hand, there are numerous plans, decisions and projects, on the other hand an overall strategy and co-ordination is sometimes lacking.

C. LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEGAL MANDATE(S) / RESPONSIBILITIES

Legislation and the role of LGs in the specific context of climate change and energy (name and number of law / regulation together with summary)

3. LGs and climate change: Was there a local government reform process? (Change in their roles? Change in government levels?)

? The mandate for the local governments action concerning climate is mostly found in the regional and municipal tasks they are obligated to perform. There is no specific law regulating the responsibilities of municipalities within climate change. There has been a demand from some NGOs (for example the environment grass root organisation NOAH) that a specific climate law should be adopted, but there is no political support for this (spring of 2010). Denmarks Planning Act LBK no. 883 of 18 August 2004: Spatial planning is regulated by the Planning Act that was adopted in 1992. It has been changed many times, most recently after the local government reform in 2007. The Planning Act delegates responsibility for spatial planning in Denmark to the Minister for the Environment, five regional planning authorities and 98 municipal

Do LGs have a legal mandate or responsibility regarding climate change mitigation?

Do LGs have a legal mandate or responsibility to address adaptation/community resilience/disaster prevention?

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councils. The Planning Act decentralizes decision-making authority and promotes public participation in the planning process based on the reformed planning legislation of the 1970s. The Planning Act has also been changed so that it takes the flooding directive into account. Municipalities are now obliged to take measures to safeguard areas in risk of being flooded, Planning Act, article 11a section 16.
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May they participate in carbon off-setting schemes (voluntary or otherwise)? -

4. LGs and energy: Do LGs have any mandate and responsibilities regarding local energy production (e.g. regulations, may they establish an ESCO (Energy Service Company)?

Example: ESCO (Energy Service Companies) solutions in the municipality of Middelfart: The municipality has used thermography and analyzed the energy loss from houses on a municipal road. After that they asked the citizens whether they expected to get their house energy renovated. Half of them said yes, and afterwards a project was initiated based on the ESCO model. Middelfart has also used the ESCO model for improving the energy-efficiency in their own municipal buildings. Middelfart has entered into a seven-year agreement with TAC, a specialist in buildings automatics. The purpose is to renovate and control ventilation, central heating and lightening in 100 municipal buildings.

Do LGs have any mandate and responsibilities regarding buildings and urban planning (e.g. regulations, land sale requirements, Urban Master Plan, etc.)? ?

D. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACTUAL APPROACH What is actually happening at the LG level? (e.g. voluntary engagement as the local impact of climate change is already visible, or awaiting guidance from national level) 5. Motivation for local climate and energy action: Why do LGs respond or plan to respond (is there a specific reason, or various reasons)?

The overall motivation is that local governments wants to show citizens that municipalities take climate change seriously, to obtain CO2 reduction and energy-savings and at the end to save money. Municipalities have realised that climate change is to be taken seriously and that they have a responsibility to reduce climate change. Opportunities to be explored: More support from the national Government would make it possible to act much more actively. It is difficult to change everything with no extra financing, especially in the current situation with tight public budgets. Also in the field of transport, the City of Copenhagen believes that road pricing is essential in order to reduce CO2 emission in Copenhagen. However, this is not allowed by the Danish Government so far, also due to the fact that there is a disagreement on who should receive the revenues from road pricing.

6. Local climate action: What do LGs do? How do they respond (different levels of municipality engaged? Different departments active, with one department leading? Overall strategy or ad hoc responses?)

The approach in Denmark is very ad hoc based. There is only limited financial support for local initiatives so it is very much op to the municipalities themselves to initiate actions on climate change. No central funding for climate initiatives exists. An example: Danish municipalities entered into an agreement with Danish Society of Nature Conservation (Danmarks Naturfredningsforening, DN). In the DNs Climate Communities

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campaign, Danish municipalities pledge themselves to reduce their carbon footprint. 62 out of 98 municipalities have signed the agreement (as of May 2010). Some municipalities have experience with applying EU funds and programmes for finance for climate projects. The experience in this field is mixed. There are a number of success stories on municipalities that got both finance and experience from foreign project partners. On the other hand, it is a limited number of the 98 municipalities that have got support from the EU and those who have, find EU projects too complicated administratively and not so attractive financially (they have to co-finance too much themselves and some costs for infrastructure and equipment are not eligible under the EU programmes for climate and energy).

7. Local energy action: Estimate how many LGs are actively engaged in switching to sustainable energy. Estimate how many LGs have already developed an Action Plan (energy, mobility, waste,). Estimate how many are starting up in this field.

There are basically two laws regulating the responsibilities of Danish municipalities in the field of energy: - Law on the supply of energy L1115 of 8 November 2006: Municipalities can perform network supply with less than 100,000 connected customers and generate electricity by burning waste. Municipalities and regions may participate in all other activities which are covered by article 2.1 when it is handled by a limited liability company. - The Law on heat planning in Denmark L347 of 17 May 2005: The law on heating supply regulates the heat planning in Denmark. The main principles of the law on heat supply are: Municipalities are responsible for approving projects for collective heating supply Municipalities must accept the most economic project. Heat production must in principle be produced in co-production of electricity. Collective heating installations are subject to a condition of recognition of the necessary costs ("rest-in-it-yourself" balance). The financing of the strategic energy plans is not yet in place. It is a precondition for the municipalities that they are compensated if strategic energy plans become a formal task. Debate on strategic energy planning March 2010: In the discussion paper published by the Danish Energy Board and Local Government Denmark, the central role of municipalities in the heating planning is stressed and the municipalities are urged to take on a more active role in the distribution of collective heating. Today, municipalities accept the new heating projects but do not ensure a coherent planning within a larger geographical area and across municipal borders. The aim of the current regulation is to find the best supply in a supply chain. The regulation does not take into account that supply is based on the limited resources that can only be used once, and does not take into account whether resources could be used elsewhere more efficiently. Strategic energy plans are a tool to think in a long-term and holistic way and a contribution to increase the security of supply and to reach the national goals on renewable energy. Example: Gate 21 an initiative taken by Albertslund Municipality (Copenhagen suburb) together with the neighbouring municipalities Brndby, Vallensbk, Hvidovre og Ishj. The goal is to develop a strategic co-operation between municipalities, businesses, housing organizations, research institutions and other energy-efficient solutions. Example: One of the main initiatives is the so-called Place C. The purpose is to create a central for energy-efficient renovation of municipal buildings and social housing. 36 partners are involved in a joint effort to develop, test and demonstrate new solutions and concepts.

8. Role of national LG association(s) in support of members All national and thematic local government associations and networks - organisation name{s}, number of members, any established conservation of resources, etc.

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All 98 municipalities are members of Local Government Denmark (LGDK). The association has a climate network which meets 3-4 times a year. 45 municipalities are members of the network. Because of the lack of action from the national level, LGDK took the initiative to the report: Climate Initiative of Local Government in May 2009. With the local climate initiative, LGDK started a dialogue on how the state and the local authorities can best divide the new climate tasks between them and what needs to be done as regards legislative measures. CO2-calculator a common project between LGDK and the Ministry of Climate and Energy. The municipal CO2-calculator is a tool for mapping and planning of local climate initiatives. The calculator can be used by municipalities to both calculate the CO2 baseline of the municipality as a geographical entity and to prioritize the instruments the municipality wants to use in the future.
Climate adaptation, energy-saving and municipal energy plans report from a working group between LGDK and the Danish Government May 2010:

In the annual agreement (kommuneaftalen) between the Danish Government and LGDK for 2010, it was agreed that a working group should look at what local governments could do in terms of climate adaptation, energy and municipal energy plans. A precondition for the working group was that any possible expenditure should be held within the existing framework and that no new financing should be discussed. o The conclusion was that municipalities within the existing legal framework have good opportunities to initiate necessary climate adaptation. The working group recommended that further steps should be taken looking at proposals for modelling and tool development to support climate adaptation efforts, including a prototype of a screening tool concerning flooding from the sea. o In relation to the strategic energy plans, the working group recommended that the proposed strategic energy plans of municipalities must be taken into consideration later this year in the new energy agreement that runs from 2010 and onwards. o It is further recommended that municipalities use the knowledge and expertise of the energy companies. At the same time, the Working Centre for Energy is encouraged to explore the potential for energy-savings in the municipalities. In Denmark, the system of agreements between the central Government and LGDK is characterised by a fairly high degree of centralisation residing in economic entities. Decentralised contacts between various ministries and LGDK are a wholly necessary part of the system, but there is also a very tight central co-ordination of the agreement process. For both LGDK and the central Government, the economic entities play an important part in coordinating the agreement process, and the Danish agreement system is dependent upon the central position of the Ministry of Finance in the central administration. As consultations and agreements cover economic and general issues as well as sector-specific issues, it should be considered in the climate issues, too, how the right balance is to be achieved between decentralised interactions with the various ministries on the one hand, and the centralised negotiations with the economic ministries on the other. Furthermore, there are a lot of other ways, in which the local governments in Denmark are consulted by the national Government as described in the publication Consultation procedures within European states from the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (2007): As a general rule, the local and regional government partners are directly involved in drafting legislation of importance to local and regional authorities, and therefore they are represented in a wide array of government committees and boards drawing up new legislation and defining tasks to be solved locally and regionally.8 Since 1980, an agreement system regarding the framework of the municipal economy has been developed between the state and municipalities, with Local Government Denmark o

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(LGDK), acting on behalf of the municipalities. The main advantage of this system is that the agreements made and achievement of the goals covers all the municipalities, and offers the individual municipality more latitude as the negotiations typically result in some extra state subsidies for tasks carried out at the local level. LGDK liaises with its members over the negotiations/consultations with national government, both before and during the consultations. This is due to the experience that Danish municipalities achieve the best results if they speak with one voice to the national Government. This process is extensive, where LGDK also carries out a follow-up (a budget review that shows the local authorities performance of the agreements). The municipalities submit input and financial data to Local Government Denmark which then works out a co-ordinated report to the national Government. The agreement is made on behalf of all Danish municipalities and is thus not legally binding for the individual municipality. However, it is decisive for the agreement system that the local authorities feel committed to act in compliance with the content of the agreement when organising the economy. This is also the case most of the time, though the agreement system is a political process with many different views and the content of the agreements is a topic for discussion. For instance from 2012 there will be a pilot project where five municipalities (which are not selected yet) will get the status of frikommuner (municipalities independent from the national-local consultation system). The five municipalities will negotiate economic and other matters directly with the national Government. The background for the pilot project is to discover if it is more beneficial to have direct negotiations between the national Government and the individual municipality. Climate adaptation, energy-saving and municipal energy plans national-local consultations in Denmark: In the annual agreement between the Danish government and LGDK for 2010, climate issues were on the agenda. This was the first time that climate was a topic in the annual negotiations.

E. INVOLVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ACTIVITIES 9. Overview of LG involvement in the Local Government Climate Roadmap How have LGs been involved in the international and European process how interested, how many, to what extent (from very active to observer). -

A substantial number of the Danish municipalities has taken an active part of the local Government Climate Roadmap since the beginning in 2007. Local Government Denmark took the initiative to organize a Local Government Climate Change Leadership Summit in June 2009. The main purpose of the summit was to gather local governments from around the world to create and commit to a joined position. The summit gathered approx. 700 municipal participants from almost 100 countries across the world. The conclusions and recommendations from this event was to feed as an input to the upcoming COP15 Summit in Copenhagen in December 20099. Danish municipalities were actively taking part in the summit.
Active through LGDK.

Level of involvement in the national climate debate? Impact of this on interest and involvement in regional (European) and international activities?

Danish municipalities have been very enthusiastic about the COP 15 Summit. In 2009, both before and during COP15, many municipalities received delegations from abroad. The foreign guests wanted to get acquainted with Danish solutions at the local level, and also for the Danish municipalities, it was a great experience to present and discuss their projects and solutions with guests from other countries. For many municipalities in Denmark, such activities were also an www.kl.dk/localclimatesummit
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opportunity to establish co-operation with partners from abroad a co-operation that lasted beyond the COP15 Summit.

F. INVOLVEMENT IN NATIONAL ACTIVITIES 10. Overview of national-local interaction Interaction and activities among national (federal) regional (state) local governments. Also potential / planned activities (e.g. meetings scheduled) for 2010 and 2011 that could be explored within the framework of LG Action. Is there any formal interaction between national government and cities / others?

As described above, there is an extensive interaction between the Danish central Government and the local level. In terms of political and financial negotiations, Local Government Denmark acts as a representative for all the 98 municipalities, in order to ensure that the municipalities speak with one voice when negotiating with the Government. Generally speaking, there is a fruitful dialogue between the local governments and the central Government. However, as also stated in this report, Local Government Denmark has requested more strategic co-ordination of all the initiatives. And most importantly: More finance for implementing all the decisions in the field of climate and energy issues. Feedback from municipalities at LG Action event: On 25 November 2010, Local Government Denmark held the annual conference for international relations officers in Danish municipalities. The conference was held in the Danish town Nyborg and gathered more than 200 participants. The EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard was one of the speakers. The event was organized in a co-operation between LG Action, Local Government Denmark, the European Commission and COK, the Danish municipal training academy. The overall topic of the conference was how municipalities can get better at EU projects and fundraising. The reduced budgets in the municipalities do not only affect climate action, but also other municipal tasks. Therefore, there is a huge interest in getting better at attracting finance from EU programmes, private funds and other sources of finance. The conferences programme included, beside Commissioner Hedegaard, a number of other exciting speakers with up-to-date information on how to finance development projects in the municipalities. The afternoons programme was devoted to three parallel workshops. In connection to the conference, there was also an exhibition area with a number of stands, one of them presenting the LG Action project. On that occasion, Local Government Denmark made a survey where the participants were asked the following question: Regarding climate and energy issues, its a common view that local governments can make an important contribution in combating climate change and promoting sustainable energy. But what is the biggest barrier for climate action by municipalities? The most frequent answers by the participants were: Difficult to get access to finance of climate an energy projects Too high ambitions compared with the available resources Not sufficient time for climate and energy activities Unclear what the local government responsibilities are Unclear legal framework for climate action Lack of political support from the town council

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The result confirms the assumption that one of the biggest barriers for climate action is the tight financial situation of Danish municipalities which does not leave much space for new climate and energy projects.

G. CONTACTS 11. Contacts for cities interested in providing additional information Lolland Municipality - Climate Co-ordinator Ms. Lene Nielsen, E-mail leni@lolland.dk Refer to the CoM signatories 12. Contacts for the national and sub-national government level Ministry for Climate and Energy, Ms. Nina Holst E-mail ninho@kemin.dk 13. Contacts for LG association(s) Local Government Denmark Ms. Birthe Rytter Hansen, e-mail brh@kl.dk Ms. Berit Mathiesen, e-mail bem@kl.dk Ms. Gyrite Brandt, e-mail gbr@kl.dk

This report was compiled by: Ms. Eva Jacobsen, Ms. Nadia Flyvholm Mortensen, Mr. Peter Fjerring Local Government Denmark, Secretariat-General, E-mail international.relations@kl.dk, Phone +45 33 70 35 08 With contributions from: Ms. Birthe Rytter Hansen, Local Government Denmark, E-mail brh@kl.dk

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