Denmark

In 2019, Denmark committed to a strong, economy-wide legally binding climate target for 2030: 70% emissions reductions. 

In 2020, the 70% target is starting to turn into actual policy, as the Danish government has made sectoral reduction agreements on various sectors, including energy, industry, waste and transport. These sectoral agreements are projected to deliver a third of the reductions needed to reach the 70% target in 2030. Although the 2020 agreements only deliver a third of what the 70%-target requires, the new policy projections used in this update already surpass the unambitious targets set in the 2019 Danish NECP. 

Despite visible improvements to Denmark’s emission reduction target and policies, projections (35 MtCO2e in 2030) remain significantly higher than the linear net emission reduction target calculation which is 23 MtCO2e that is required to meet the 70% reduction target. This update only includes data projections for agreements reached before 1 January 2021.

In October 2021, the Danish parliament agreed to set a reduction target for Agriculture, including LULUCF, of 55-65% reduction in 2030 compared to 1990. The contribution (6-8MT reduction) of the new agriculture agreement will therefore be included in the next update. 

The absence of all other sectoral targets still makes it unclear how Denmark intends to reach its economy-wide emission reduction target.

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NOTE: When targets or projections from NECP or from another sectoral strategy document are available, the tool calculates the difference between the realised data and the target in percentage. The percentages that can be found on the country pages and on the right side of each graph are based on this calculation. If the country does not have projections or targets for the year of the latest realised data, the percentages do not exist.