Kirsten Brosbol, the Danish minister for environment, visited Korea last week to participate in the World Water Forum in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province, to send a political message to the United Nations on water and promote Danish green technologies.

At the Danish pavilion in the Daegu Exhibition and Convention Center, Brosbol urged the U.N. to adhere to the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals to protect clean water. The shortage of clean water was identified as the world’s greatest challenge by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this year.

The 38-year-old minister also presented Denmark’s world-leading technologies in water management, represented by a delegation of Danish organizations at the venue: the promotion agency State of Green, the Technical University of Denmark, the Danish Water Forum, the Confederation of Danish Industry and companies Danfoss, Grundfos, DHI and AVK Valves.

The minister participated in high-level meetings and roundtable discussions with counterparts from Korea, Mexico, Vietnam, Morocco, Bangladesh, and South Africa.

Denmark switched to a sustainable development policy in the early 1970s.

Denmark’s expertise in groundwater purification was highlighted at the venue.

(joel@heraldcorp.com)