https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has slammed the fact that budget flights between destinations in Europe are still often significantly cheaper than travelling by train. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250822/unfair-budget-flights-in-europe-up-to-26-times-cheaper-than-train-routes Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:32:46 +0200 unfair-budget-flights-in-europe-up-to-26-times-cheaper-than-train-routes Human-caused climate change made recent European heatwaves up to 4C hotter in many cities, pushing temperatures into deadly territory for thousands of vulnerable people, scientists have said. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250709/climate-change-made-european-heatwave-up-to-4c-hotter-study Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:03:43 +0200 climate-change-made-european-heatwave-up-to-4c-hotter-study The Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) said on Friday it was developing a tool to predict when the Arctic will be ice-free in summer, to anticipate the consequences on the Earth's climate. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250630/denmark-develops-tool-to-predict-ice-free-arctic-summers Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:50:49 +0200 denmark-develops-tool-to-predict-ice-free-arctic-summers Europe has thousands of incredible swimming spots around its beaches, lakes and rivers, but which countries have the cleanest and dirtiest waters? https://www.thelocal.dk/20250621/revealed-where-in-europe-has-the-cleanest-and-dirtiest-swimming-spots Sat, 21 Jun 2025 11:12:22 +0200 revealed-where-in-europe-has-the-cleanest-and-dirtiest-swimming-spots Europe in 2025 experienced its hottest March ever recorded by a significant margin, driving extreme conditions across a continent warming faster than any other, Europe's Copernicus climate monitor said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250408/europe-has-just-had-its-hottest-ever-march-scientists-confirm Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:41:10 +0200 europe-has-just-had-its-hottest-ever-march-scientists-confirm A white Christmas may increasingly become a nostalgic memory in Denmark as the Northern Hemisphere sees ever fewer snowy winter days due to climate change, with Europe warming quickest, a report warned on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20241217/danish-white-christmas-dreams-dashed-as-europes-winters-heat-up Tue, 17 Dec 2024 08:46:32 +0100 danish-white-christmas-dreams-dashed-as-europes-winters-heat-up In low-lying Copenhagen where rising sea levels, groundwater and rainfall pose a risk to infrastructure, the Danish capital is trying to adapt and protect urban areas from climate change. https://www.thelocal.dk/20241206/what-is-copenhagen-doing-to-protect-urban-areas-from-rising-water-levels Fri, 06 Dec 2024 12:35:51 +0100 what-is-copenhagen-doing-to-protect-urban-areas-from-rising-water-levels The average temperature in Denmark on Sunday night was a highly unseasonal 13.3 degrees Celsius, making it the warmest November night ever recorded in the country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20241125/denmark-strikes-new-weather-record-for-warmest-ever-november-night Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:14:18 +0100 denmark-strikes-new-weather-record-for-warmest-ever-november-night Environment Minister Magnus Heunicke has proposed new measures to increase Denmark’s level of protection against flooding caused by high water levels. https://www.thelocal.dk/20241122/denmark-launches-proposal-to-prevent-groundwater-flooding-of-buildings Fri, 22 Nov 2024 13:07:50 +0100 denmark-launches-proposal-to-prevent-groundwater-flooding-of-buildings Denmark has been criticised for pushing for the phasing-out of fossil fuels at the COP29 summit while also allowing new oil drilling in Danish waters. https://www.thelocal.dk/20241122/denmark-accused-of-double-standards-over-fossil-fuels-at-cop29 Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:09:17 +0100 denmark-accused-of-double-standards-over-fossil-fuels-at-cop29 Five countries have joined a Danish alliance at the COP29 climate summit to become ‘climate positive’ using carbon capture technology. https://www.thelocal.dk/20241121/denmark-urges-countries-to-join-climate-positive-alliance-at-cop29 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:20:39 +0100 denmark-urges-countries-to-join-climate-positive-alliance-at-cop29 The Danish storm surges of October 2023 were a ‘100-year-event’ according to national criteria, but the Danish Meteorological Institute says they are likely to occur far more frequently in future. https://www.thelocal.dk/20241113/why-100-year-weather-events-could-become-common-in-denmark Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:10:43 +0100 why-100-year-weather-events-could-become-common-in-denmark The Conservative Party wants to allocate more than ten billion kroner by 2030 to protect Denmark against the effects of climate change. https://www.thelocal.dk/20241111/danish-conservative-party-urges-major-spending-to-protect-from-climate-change Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:14:21 +0100 danish-conservative-party-urges-major-spending-to-protect-from-climate-change The election of Donald Trump has sparked concerns that the US delegation will be rendered unable to act at the COP29 climate summit next week. https://www.thelocal.dk/20241107/danish-minister-admits-fears-for-climate-summit-after-trump-election-win Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:01:14 +0100 danish-minister-admits-fears-for-climate-summit-after-trump-election-win Nearly 50 climate researchers have written a joint letter warning the Nordic countries that the risk of a Gulf Stream collapse is "seriously underestimated". What would such a collapse do to the Nordic countries? https://www.thelocal.dk/20241028/what-would-a-collapse-in-the-gulf-stream-to-do-denmark-sweden-and-norway Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:47:09 +0100 what-would-a-collapse-in-the-gulf-stream-to-do-denmark-sweden-and-norway A group of 48 climate researchers has written an open letter to Nordic governments warning that the risk of the gulf stream collapsing has been "seriously underestimated," and that it would pose a "climate catastrophe" for their nations. https://www.thelocal.dk/20241028/top-scientists-warn-nordics-gulf-stream-risk-seriously-underestimated Mon, 28 Oct 2024 10:13:16 +0100 top-scientists-warn-nordics-gulf-stream-risk-seriously-underestimated The damage from storm surges in Denmark could exceed 450 billion kroner a year by the end of the century, with some 328,000 Danes directly affected, according to a new study by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). https://www.thelocal.dk/20241022/over-300000-danes-could-lose-homes-or-jobs-to-climate-change-induced-storm-surges-by-2100 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:42:35 +0200 over-300000-danes-could-lose-homes-or-jobs-to-climate-change-induced-storm-surges-by-2100 Denmark’s government has announced an agreement with agriculture and nature conservation groups which could see the introduction of a world-first CO2 emissions tax on farming. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240625/denmark-announces-agreement-on-landmark-co2-tax-for-agriculture Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:43:58 +0200 denmark-announces-agreement-on-landmark-co2-tax-for-agriculture Persistent rain throughout this month means a new mark for the wettest April on record is expected to be set. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240426/april-set-to-be-denmarks-wettest-for-150-years Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:09:11 +0200 april-set-to-be-denmarks-wettest-for-150-years Europe's top rights court will on Tuesday issue unprecedented verdicts in three separate cases on the responsibility of states in the face of global warming, rulings that could force governments to adopt more ambitious climate policies. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240407/top-europe-rights-court-to-issue-landmark-climate-verdicts Sun, 07 Apr 2024 14:48:03 +0200 top-europe-rights-court-to-issue-landmark-climate-verdicts