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

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

. 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 A ministry of trade and industry, ministry of commerce, ministry of commerce and industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ...

. In 1994, it was merged with 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 agencies belong to the ministry: *

Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut The Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI; ) is the official Danish meteorological institute, administrated by the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities. It makes weather forecasts and observations for Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Isl ...

(DMI) * Forsyningstilsynet (research board) *

Energinet Energinet is the Danish national transmission system operator for electricity and natural gas. It is an independent public enterprise owned by the Danish state under the Ministry of Climate and Energy. Energinet has some 1150 employees, ...

* Klimarådet (climate council) * Styrelsen for Dataforsyning og Effektivisering * De Nationale Geologiske Undersøgelser for Danmark og Grønland (GEUS) * Energistyrelsen (

Danish Energy Agency The Danish Energy Agency (Danish: Energistyrelsen) was established in 1976 as an agency of the Danish Ministry of Transport. It was part of the Ministry of Environment and Energy from 1994 to 2001. In 2007 it came under the newly created Danish Mini ...

) * Geodatastyrelsen The Danish Electricity Saving Trust (

Elsparefonden The Danish Electricity Saving Trust (Elsparefonden) was an independent trust under the auspices of the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy. The Trust worked to promote energy savings and a more efficient use of electricity. The Trust was f ...

) 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

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Archived official website in English
The website of the current

is at http://ens.dk/en {{DEFAULTSORT:Danish Ministry Of Climate And Energy

Ministry of Climate The Ministry of Climate () is a government ministry of Estonia responsible for the issue of policies regarding climate, transport, energy, mineral resources, environmental awareness, fisheries and hunting in Estonia. The ministry is headed by Mi ...

Climate Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteoro ...

Ministries established in 1979 Geology of Denmark Climate change ministries

History

List of ministers

Agencies

See also

References

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