Denmark is tightening its climate targets, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced on Wednesday as she presented her new government's plans.
These include bringing forward by five years, to 2045, the moment her country must be climate neutral, which means it will have to make sure it does not emit more CO2 than it takes in.
Denmark would even like to reduce its emissions by as much as 110% by 2050, compared to 1990. To do this, the Scandinavian country will need to take more CO2 out of the air than it puts in.
The new coalition around Frederiksen, comprising Social Democrats, Liberals and Moderates, calls the climate crisis “the greatest challenge of our time.” Its effects can already be felt right now, it notes, so sharper goals are necessary.
“We are more ambitious now than ever before,” the new coalition stresses.
Frederiksen was re-elected prime minister last month after calling new elections earlier this year.
