It is the target of the Danish government that all of Danish
energy supply is to come from renewable energy in 2050. The target
serves objectives in relation to climate politics and energy
security, as well as economic ones.
In March 2008, The Danish Government appointed a Commission on
Climate Change, which consisted of ten scientist, each possesing
special knowledge in the fields of climate, agriculture,
transportation and economics.
On 28 September 2010 the Climate Commission presented its
suggestions as to how Denmark in the future can phase out fossil
fuels, as is the vision of the Government of Denmark. The Danish
government has presented it's energy policy towards 2050 in 'Our
furture energy'. Also, the former Danish Government made a follow
up of the suggestions made by the Comission in its Energy
Strategy 2050 from February 2011.
One of the assignments charged to the Climate Commission was to
analyse specific national and international proposals for
substantially reducing the emission of greenhouse gases.
The Commission’s work had to reflect the ambition of the European
Union (EU) that developed countries should collectively reduce
their emissions of greenhouse gases by 60% to 80% by 2050.
The task of the Commission was to present proposals for new
proactive instruments for an energy and climate change policy with
global and market-based perspectives that contribute to
cost-effective attainment of the long-term vision. The Commission
also had to asses 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 asses the extent to which
effective implementation requires internationally coordinated
cooperation.
Katherine Richardson, Pro-Dean of the Faculty of Science at the
University of Copenhagen was the chairman of the Climate
Commission.
The Climate Commission was served by a secretariat, located at
the Ministry of Climate and Energy, with attendency by the Ministry
og Economic and Business affairs, the Danish Ministry of the
Environment, and the Ministry of Finance