Ida Auken is the Former Minister for the Environment in Denmark (2011-2014). She is member of the Danish Parliament for The Social Liberal Party and is her party’s spokesperson for Business, Environment and Research. Ida Auken was as the first Danish politician chosen to be a Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum and has also been elected to be one out of the 40 most promising young leaders under 40 in Europe. She has been a blogger for The Guardian and Huffington Post and despite her young age she has been active in the global debate about business and the environment for several years.
The Danish capital has committed to completely removing the city's 2 million tons of carbon footprint, even as the city continues to grow, with 100,000 new inhabitants and 20,000 jobs.
Aiming to be carbon-neutral by 2025, Copenhagen is building a new skyline out of reclaimed bricks and wood.
Planning for the effects of climate change in the future is helping the Danish authorities to tackle flood events today.
It might seem odd to you, but it makes perfect sense for us in this city. Everything you considered a product, has now become a service.
I am looking around the room and thinking something is not right. I am at a meeting on the financial sector in Denmark. Suddenly it strikes me. I am the only woman in the room. I start co...
