The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities () is a governmental agency in

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. It is responsible for national climate policy and international cooperation on climate change, as well as energy issues, meteorology and national geological surveys in Denmark and Greenland.

History

The predecessor of the Ministry of Climate and Energy, the Ministry of Energy (), was created in 1979, from the energy department of the Ministry of Trade. In 1994, it was merged with

Ministry of the Environment An environmental ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for the environment and/or natural resources. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of the Environment ...

and in 2005 it was detached from that ministry, to be merged with Ministry of Transport and Energy. On 23 November 2007, the energy issues were de-merged from the Ministry of Transport and climate issues were de-merged from the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Climate and Energy was created.

List of ministers

Agencies

A number of agencys belong to the ministry: * Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut (DMI) * Forsyningstilsynet (reseacrh board) *

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* Klimarådet (climate council) * Styrelsen for Dataforsyning og Effektivisering * De Nationale Geologiske Undersøgelser for Danmark og Grønland (GEUS) * Energistyrelsen ( Danish Energy Agency) * Geodatastyrelsen The Danish Electricity Saving Trust ( Elsparefonden) is an independent trust under the auspices of the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy. The Trust works to promote energy savings and a more efficient use of electricity.

References

External links

Archived official website in English
The website of the current Danish Energy Agency is at http://ens.dk/en

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Ministries established in 1979 Geology of Denmark Climate change ministries

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History

List of ministers

Agencies

See also

References

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