The Parliament of Denmark has adopted a legally binding national Climate Act with an objective to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 70% by 2030 (compared to the 1990 level) and towards net-zero emission by 2050. The new regulation creates a mechanism with a five-year cycle designed to ensure both early actions and to revise the reduction targets. In addition, every year, the Danish government will have to present Climate Action Programmes with concrete initiatives to decarbonise every sector of the economy.
To reach its new 2030 target, the Danish government has established a Committee for the Green Transformation to ensure that major decisions incorporate climate considerations and launched 13 climate partnerships with leading private sector organizations.
As all EU member states, Denmark has a binding 40% GHG emission reduction target for 2030 in its nationally determined contribution (NDC) but the country has adopted more ambitious targets. In 2010, the Green Energy roadmap set a target of reducing GHG emissions by 40% by 2020 and by 80%-95% by 2050 compared to 1990. This should be achieved through higher wind power generation (50% of power generation by 2020) and a coal-fired generation phase-out by 2030 (-50% in coal consumption by 2020). Denmark fulfilled its Kyoto commitment to reduce its GHG emissions by 21% since in 2012 emissions were 23% below their 1990 level. In 2017, GHG emissions were 29% below, at 51 MtCO2eq.
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