Danish EcoCities: Six Cutting-Edge Climate and Energy Cities

The goal of the Danish EcoCities project is to inspire other local authorities, citizens, the business community, and other stakeholders to make increased efforts in the field of climate and energy. [...] Results and Highlighted EcoCities Actions The EcoCities concept is first and foremost of interest in the form of a case study showing examples of how to comply with the EcoCity criteria and how to put focus on a number of energy and climate measures. [...] The Agenda21 work arose out of the UN conferences on environment and climate and after the UN conference on environment and development in 2000 it became a statutory obligation for local authorities to set up a local Agenda21 plan of action (Ministry of the Environment 2010) In this way the UN objective of local anchorage of environment work was implemented in Danish local authorities and the envi. [...] The strength of the six EcoCities is that they represent urban and rural municipalities – thus representing the entire spectrum of challenges and opportunities in the climate and energy field. [...] The main purpose of this paper is to inform about the EcoCity project, which in the view of the authors is unique, thanks to its broad focus on climate and energy issues at municipal level, both with regard to existing solutions and plans for the future.