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DCE – DANISH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY

Aarhus University – a leading European university›38,114 students and more than 10,000 employees

›#51on the Leiden Ranking (2011)

›Budget: DKK 5.6 billion (2010)

›Basic, applied and strategic research and research-based consultancy services

›26 departments, 5 interdisciplinary centres and 3 national centres

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National centres

›The national centres carry out special tasks in the areas of collaboration and knowledge exchange with authorities and the business community.

›Three national centres of this type:

›DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy

›DCA - Danish Centre for Food and Agriculture

›DCL - Danish Centre for Culture and Learning

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DCE – Danish Center for Environment and Energy›DCE is Aarhus University’s central unit for knowledge exchange within the areas of nature, environment, climate and energy

›DCE delivers science-based advice and solutions at both local, national and international scale

›Among our customers are the Danish Ministry of the Environment, the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy, Greenland's Government, the Danish municipalities, private businesses and the European Commission.

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DCE tasks

›DCE coordinates the advisory tasks within the areas energy, climate, nature and energy - across the different university departments.

›The role of the Center is to provide quality assurance procedures and ensure that advise is based on a holistic and interdisciplinary approach.

›The research departments mostly involved in the work are the Department of Bioscience and the Department of Environmental Science within the Faculty of Science and Technology.

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DCE locations

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DCE is located at 3 research facilities outside Aarhus Campus.

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DCE areas of expertise›Terrestrial ecosystems ›Biodiversity – nature conservation and ecosystem services

›Climate change vulnerability, adaptation and mitigation

›Arctic ecosystems ›Air pollution and chemicals – environmental and human health

›Integrative management and systems analysis

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