Copenhagen: Europe's most 'sustainable' city
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- Copenhagen, the capital city of Denmark, was awarded the title of European Green Capital in 2019. The climate action plan (2011) for the city stated that the city aims to be a green, smart, carbon-neutral city by 2025 by:
- 100 wind turbines
- 20 per cent reduction in heat electricity consumption
- encouraging 75 per cent of journeys to be by bike or foot
- biogasification of organic waste
- 60,000 m^2 solar panels
- Social development
- 2 per cent of employees work over 40 hours a week
- 249 miles of cycle lanes. Half of commuters travel by bike
- Economic development
- Economic and financial centre of Denmark, home to TNCs and IT business clusters
- High wages and low unemployment rates
- Small businesses favoured
- Lower rents
- Environmental management
- 100 overflow channels for wastewater leaves clean water for residents
- integrated public transport network: Metro, trains, buses
- 2001: large offshore wind farm - 4 per cent of cities energy
- 2007 Finger plan to protect green belt
- Urban governance
- one of the highest taxation levels in the world
- The Citizen's Dialogue Project involves direct public participation in planning
- Very high income quality and gender equality perceives a very fair and egalitarian society