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What makes technology eco-efficient?
Collaboration and partnerships between companies, universities, research institutions and public authorities is crucial to the development of new eco-efficient technologies. Governments can play an important role in ensuring optimal framework conditions for sustainable development.
As a result of targeted efforts over many years, Denmark has gained a strong position in the development and application of environmental technologies, and so is well placed to play a central role in finding new and better solutions to many of the environmental problems facing the world today.
New and more efficient environmental technologies can help reduce and eventually eradicate CO2, SOx and NOx emissions from energy production and use, the environmental impact from the transport sector, make food healthier and ensure an unpolluted aquatic environment.
But technologies alone are not enough. They must go hand in hand with politically defined objectives, as well as investment and regulation by the state to create the conditions for thriving commercial partnerships, to the benefit of businesses, consumers and the environment.
To this end, the Danish government has formulated an action plan to further develop eco-efficient technologies, for open consultation with all collaborative players:
Partnership for innovation
The aim is to strengthen innovation and accelerate technology development in Denmark by stimulating close interplay between private and public sector players.
Promotion of exports
The aim is to gain a better foothold for new Danish eco-efficient technologies on markets with a strategic role from an economic and environmental
viewpoint.
Research
The aim is to improve conditions for public-private sector interplay in eco-efficient technology research.
Consultancy, knowledge and information
The aim is to help companies target eco-efficientcy technology development to better exploit future global needs.
Promotion of eco-efficient technology in the EU
The aim is to close the gaps between environmental goals in the EU and technological potentials for delivering solutions that are coherent with the need for competitiveness and economic growth.
Climate and energy
The aim is to further stimulate development of efficient Danish energy technologies that can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and thus help combat global warming.
Environmentally friendly agriculture
The aim is to strengthen the development of eco-efficient agricultural technologies to the benefit of both exporting companies, farmers and the environment.
Clean water
The aim is to enhance development of Danish technological solutions across a full range of water usage areas to help ensure an unpolluted aquatic environment.
Healthy environment
The aim is to promote development of targeted eco-efficient technologies to tackle e.g. air pollution,
noise and toxic chemicals, to the benefit of both the environment and the economy.
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