Total greenhouse gas emissions (without LULUCF)

Denmark’s green transition has accelerated since 1990.The 2025 Danish climate inventory and projection estimates that total emissions in Denmark for 2023 amounted to 38.8 Mt of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂eq), corresponding to a reduction of approximately 51.0% in 2023 compared with 1990; when excluding the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector, this figure becomes 39.3 Mt CO₂eq, corresponding to a 45.8% reduction compared with 1990. Thus, Denmark achieved its interim target of a 50–55% reduction by 2025 two years in advance. In 2030, Danish total net emissions are estimated to amount to 22.2 Mt CO₂eq, corresponding to a reduction of approximately 72% compared with 1990. Therefore, Denmark is on track to meet the national climate target of a 70% reduction in total emissions by 2030, compared with 1990 levels.

To achieve its climate goals, Denmark has introduced a high and uniform carbon dioxide tax on industry. Building on this foundation, the green tripartite agreement agrees to implement the world’s first CO₂eq tax on agriculture. Furthermore, EU obligations related to the LULUCF Regulation are expected to be met, and the measures contribute to further overachievement in terms of the burden-sharing agreement.