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Several parties say the next government must be the greenest ever. We asked two professors and a think tank how you can measure whether the government actually succeeds.

Becoming the greenest government ever is no simple matter

Martin Lidegaard (RV) – here with his party colleague Samira Nawa – dreams of the greenest government ever. But it is difficult to define and measure what it would take to crown a government with that title, a professor says. Foto: Miriam Dalsgaard
Martin Lidegaard (RV) – here with his party colleague Samira Nawa – dreams of the greenest government ever. But it is difficult to define and measure what it would take to crown a government with that title, a professor says. Foto: Miriam Dalsgaard
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Denmark’s next government must be the greenest ever.

Martin Lidegaard, the political leader of Radikale Venstre (RV), has said so. Alternativet’s (Å) Franciska Rosenkilde has said so. Recently, the acting climate minister, Lars Aagaard (Moderaterne), said it as well.

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