The Sustainable Hour Groundbreaking news for our campaign because it shows not only what it means in real terms to #putclimatefirst, but that it CAN be done, that it IS being done elsewhere - and also, of course, that this SHOULD have been done decades ago, in all governments at all level.
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[ Global outlook ] Danish government to #putclimatefirst in every decision: Carbon emissions must now be taken into account in all parliamentary bills and political proposals
An inspirational initiative for governments at all level around the planet: Just as one counts on the socio-economic costs of bills and proposals, the government will now count the climate impact and thereby streamline the green thinking in all ministries.
Policy proposals with a climate impact above a certain level must be discussed in the government's new Green Committee
https://www.information.dk/indland/2020/10/dan-joergensen-regnes-co2-paa-samtlige-lovstilling-politiske-udspil
Climate Minister Dan Jørgensen (Social Democrats) is now following up on Minister of Finance Nicolai Wammen's announcement on Friday of new socio-economic climate calculations with a guide on how all relevant bills and major political initiatives from now on must also be assessed for their climate impact, reported the Danish newspaper Information.
"When we make policy in Denmark, we must fundamentally take the environment, climate and nature into account in a way that has not been done before," said Dan Jørgensen, who today will be publishing his new Guide on assessing consequences for climate, environment and nature.
"For decades, we have been really good at counting on all the economic dimensions of what we do, and that also makes sense, but now it is being supplemented with a much better decision-making based on its environmental impact," he said.
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[ Global outlook ] Danish government to #putclimatefirst in every decision: Carbon emissions must now be taken into account in all parliamentary bills and political proposals
An inspirational initiative for governments at all level around the planet: Just as one counts on the socio-economic costs of bills and proposals, the government will now count the climate impact and thereby streamline the green thinking in all ministries.
Policy proposals with a climate impact above a certain level must be discussed in the government's new Green Committee
https://www.information.dk/indland/2020/10/dan-joergensen-regnes-co2-paa-samtlige-lovstilling-politiske-udspil
Climate Minister Dan Jørgensen (Social Democrats) is now following up on Minister of Finance Nicolai Wammen's announcement on Friday of new socio-economic climate calculations with a guide on how all relevant bills and major political initiatives from now on must also be assessed for their climate impact, reported the Danish newspaper Information.
"When we make policy in Denmark, we must fundamentally take the environment, climate and nature into account in a way that has not been done before," said Dan Jørgensen, who today will be publishing his new Guide on assessing consequences for climate, environment and nature.
"For decades, we have been really good at counting on all the economic dimensions of what we do, and that also makes sense, but now it is being supplemented with a much better decision-making based on its environmental impact," he said.
#StoryChange #ClimateSolutions #restoringourdemocracy #voteclimate #putcommunityfirst #putsafetyfirst ... See more