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clIMate strategY
Region Zealand
The climate strategy
Climate strategists
by: signe markvard / photo: lars h. laursen
take up the fight
such as Roskilde, Lolland and Kalundborg, who acted as the driving force behind the compilation of the Zealand climate strategy. seRious ContRibutions "It's been a perfect process," says Claus Steen Madsen, Director of Technology, Development and Culture with Kalundborg Municipality. "It is incredibly difficult to coordinate the efforts of 17 municipalities, but with the commitment and support of the Municipal Contact Council (KKR), we succeeded. Everybody also contributed to the new strategy, so that it was given a firm foundation in which we all feel a sense of ownership." The goal of the strategy is to promote the use of renewable sources of energy, and create a co-ordinated response to climate changes which will affect the development of the entire region. One of the initiatives has been to set up a regional climate network for technical staff who work with climate-related issues. Here, too, it is a question of exchanging experience and sparring. "The individual municipalities and the region as a whole can save part of their energy budgets, but what really makes a difference is when everyone contributes, so that we can present a united front as a region, and show others the best way to tackle climate change," says Per Bennetsen.
the climate strategy is based in the regional Development plan for the region Zealand, and was adopted in the spring of 2009 by the regional council and Municipal contact council of Zealand. the strategy has three overall goals: · long-term restructuring of the energy system into a system based on persistent sources of energy · co-ordinated response to ongoing climate changes which impact the region's development · Development of new climate-innovative products, services and system solutions in the region the focus areas of the climate strategy are: · energy systems · agriculture · Industry · transport · cities and Buildings · the open landscape · health and contingency · Internal activities
With a new climate strategy, region Zealand and 17 municipalities in Zealand have created the common ground that is essential to efficiently confront climate change
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he 17 municipalities of the region came together, discussed, and finally found agreement. Region Zealand thereby became the first region in Denmark to draw up a common regional climate strategy, containing visions, goals and concrete action plans of action for ways in which we can adapt to climate change, and in particular, counteract it. "We have succeeded in these efforts thanks to some enthusiastic front runners from the whole region, and because the Regional Council and the municipalities really wanted this to happen," says Per Bennetsen, director for regional development at Region Zealand. This major, decisive task was solved through collaboration between the region and a number of ambitious, climate-active municipalities in Zealand
The strategy has now been adopted; an organisation has been created, and a steering committee has been appointed for the implementation. The next step will be the realisation of the strategy's contents and targets. "We have been able to do something for each other and for the environment across the boundaries of the municipalities. The goal is naturally to involve even more parties, so that we can tackle climate change together," says Per Bennetsen.
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