Torsten Hasforth
@dursten.bsky.social
Chief economist at green think tank CONCITO
There are trade-offs when wishing for more nature and biodiversity. A risk of losing productive agricultural land in a world with rising demand on land use. A change in food consumption away from cows would help or can even be said to be essential to ease this trade-off.
concito.dk/en/news/the-...
concito.dk/en/news/the-...
The Danish Green Tripartite Agreement and Its Impact on Food Production in Denmark
The direct effect of the Danish Green Tripartite Agreement will be a lower food production in Denmark. This is the almost inevitable result of the correct and ambitious goal of the agreement to reduce...
concito.dk
March 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
There are trade-offs when wishing for more nature and biodiversity. A risk of losing productive agricultural land in a world with rising demand on land use. A change in food consumption away from cows would help or can even be said to be essential to ease this trade-off.
concito.dk/en/news/the-...
concito.dk/en/news/the-...
The scariest sentence I read today: "Because global AI governance is only as good as the worst-governed country, company, or technology, it must be watertight everywhere" www.foreignaffairs.com/world/artifi...
The AI Power Paradox
Can states learn to govern artificial intelligence—before it’s too late?
www.foreignaffairs.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The scariest sentence I read today: "Because global AI governance is only as good as the worst-governed country, company, or technology, it must be watertight everywhere" www.foreignaffairs.com/world/artifi...
No universe in which rare minerals are a scarce resource and the green transition is a ravenous beast after those same resources. Whilst at the same time expecting the used minerals in batteries to go to waste.
www.independent.co.uk/tech/battery...
www.independent.co.uk/tech/battery...
Battery breakthrough as 99.99% of lithium extracted from old cells
New recycling method offers environmentally friendly way to deal with increasing e-waste from old smartphones and electric cars
www.independent.co.uk
March 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
No universe in which rare minerals are a scarce resource and the green transition is a ravenous beast after those same resources. Whilst at the same time expecting the used minerals in batteries to go to waste.
www.independent.co.uk/tech/battery...
www.independent.co.uk/tech/battery...
Good overview of Danish climate politics (in german)... maybe as a bit of inspiration.
„Wäre die Welt mehr wie Dänemark, wäre sie schon halb gerettet.“ 🌍🛟
Die @zeit.de berichtet diese Woche aus Kopenhagen.
„Klimaschutz in gut gelaunt“ – Wie das geht und wo die Unterschiede zu Deutschland liegen?
Ein Thread 🧵 1/8
www.zeit.de/2025/07/daen...
Die @zeit.de berichtet diese Woche aus Kopenhagen.
„Klimaschutz in gut gelaunt“ – Wie das geht und wo die Unterschiede zu Deutschland liegen?
Ein Thread 🧵 1/8
www.zeit.de/2025/07/daen...
Dänemarks Umweltpolitik: Wäre die Welt mehr wie Dänemark, wäre sie schon halb gerettet
Die Dänen schaffen, woran andere Länder verzweifeln: Klimaschutz, der nicht spaltet, sondern vergnügt daherkommt. Was ist ihr Geheimnis?
www.zeit.de
February 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Good overview of Danish climate politics (in german)... maybe as a bit of inspiration.
We analysed the “odds” of Denmark achieving ambitious climate goals for 2030. The political initiatives are in place but implementation is a whole different ball game.
When correcting for skew probabilities re over/under-performance of agreed climate initiatives, it is actually only ~20% probable that Denmark will reach our 70% reduction target by 2030.
Great work by by colleagues @dursten.bsky.social and Karsten Capion. #dkpol #dkgreen concito.dk/files/media/...
Great work by by colleagues @dursten.bsky.social and Karsten Capion. #dkpol #dkgreen concito.dk/files/media/...
February 4, 2025 at 7:42 AM
We analysed the “odds” of Denmark achieving ambitious climate goals for 2030. The political initiatives are in place but implementation is a whole different ball game.
I samtale på den dyriske time om værdisætning af ting vi er dårlige til at sætte værdi på. Om arealanvendelse og grøn bnp
Har haft @dursten.bsky.social forbi DDT-podcasten :)
Vi taler om værdi, grøn BNP og værdisættelse af natur; hvordan vi får mest mulig værdi ud af det danske areal? (spoiler: det er ikke ved at forvalte det sådan, som vi gør nu)
Find det lige her: linktr.ee/DenDyriskeTime 🥕
Vi taler om værdi, grøn BNP og værdisættelse af natur; hvordan vi får mest mulig værdi ud af det danske areal? (spoiler: det er ikke ved at forvalte det sådan, som vi gør nu)
Find det lige her: linktr.ee/DenDyriskeTime 🥕
December 19, 2024 at 5:07 PM
I samtale på den dyriske time om værdisætning af ting vi er dårlige til at sætte værdi på. Om arealanvendelse og grøn bnp
Challenges of energy transition. Background: DK has had its fair share of tenders with CFD for offshore with falling prices ending in final large tender without CFD. DK has built succesfully for present power demand but for future demand is a different story -👍 thread by @emildimanchev.bsky.social
A cautionary tale unfolded last week as Denmark failed to attract bids for offshore wind. What can we learn from this?
This is a multi-dimensional problem, but the primary lesson I believe is that Denmark wrongly expected developers to take on market risk. 🧵🔌💡1/9
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
This is a multi-dimensional problem, but the primary lesson I believe is that Denmark wrongly expected developers to take on market risk. 🧵🔌💡1/9
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Failed offshore auction highlights how Denmark missed winds of change
Denmark's failure to attract any bids in an offshore wind power tender this week stems from a rigid auction model, a failure to adapt to a changed economic reality for renewable energy projects and rising competition, analysts said on Friday.
www.reuters.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Challenges of energy transition. Background: DK has had its fair share of tenders with CFD for offshore with falling prices ending in final large tender without CFD. DK has built succesfully for present power demand but for future demand is a different story -👍 thread by @emildimanchev.bsky.social
Last thursday I expressed my concern that a lack of electrification would be a barrier to Denmarks largest yet tender for offshore wind. That unfortunately proved to be more than true. With no bids for new offshore wind. concito.dk/en/news/lack...
Lack of electrification risks hindering more offshore wind
The following article appeared in Danish in the online outlet Klimamonitor on the 6th of December just prior to the announcement of the results of the bids to build offshore wind. A tender which unfor...
concito.dk
December 9, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Last thursday I expressed my concern that a lack of electrification would be a barrier to Denmarks largest yet tender for offshore wind. That unfortunately proved to be more than true. With no bids for new offshore wind. concito.dk/en/news/lack...
On spotify in the most nerdy way possible... thanks to @ieep.bsky.social for the talk on sustainable food systems and lessons from Denmarks agricultural policy open.spotify.com/episode/38oa...
Building and financing resilient and equitable food systems
Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) · Episode
open.spotify.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:08 AM
On spotify in the most nerdy way possible... thanks to @ieep.bsky.social for the talk on sustainable food systems and lessons from Denmarks agricultural policy open.spotify.com/episode/38oa...
Dilemma to the green transition. In Denmark 70% of power production is wind, solar and 25% is greenish (biomass, waste, biogas) this raises a dilemma - how to navigate between the need to expand power production for future power demand without overshooting www.altinget.dk/forsyning/ar... (in danish)
Kæmpe udbud af havvind kan ende med en "katastrofe", advarer energiselskaber
Det historisk store havvindsudbud kommer til at floppe massivt, forudser flere energiselskaber nu. De frygter og advarer derfor nu mod, at politikerne begynder at give statsstøtte til havvind. Det vil...
www.altinget.dk
November 27, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Dilemma to the green transition. In Denmark 70% of power production is wind, solar and 25% is greenish (biomass, waste, biogas) this raises a dilemma - how to navigate between the need to expand power production for future power demand without overshooting www.altinget.dk/forsyning/ar... (in danish)
Denmark as explained to Americans "like Iowa plus San Francisco, plus a gigantic drug company and a gigantic shipping company." ... oh and the news of Denmarks major political agreement for agriculture and land-use, www.fastcompany.com/91233055/den... @fastcompany.com
Denmark is returning 15% of its farmland back to nature
The country plans to plant a billion trees as it transitions some farmland back to forests and peatlands.
www.fastcompany.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Denmark as explained to Americans "like Iowa plus San Francisco, plus a gigantic drug company and a gigantic shipping company." ... oh and the news of Denmarks major political agreement for agriculture and land-use, www.fastcompany.com/91233055/den... @fastcompany.com