It is impossible to get the Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities Lars Aagaard (M) to say when the government will present its bid for a 2035 climate target.
According to the Climate Act, a new reduction target must be adopted during 2025, but before then the government is preparing for a debate, says the Climate Minister. On the other hand, it is difficult to find further reductions up to 2035. There are no more low-hanging fruits left, it says.
- When you are going to achieve climate neutrality (in 2045, ed.), the difficult things are now. You should not deceive anyone that there is anything left that is easy. If we had done it already, says Lars Aagaard.
On Friday, the government's green watchdog, the Climate Council, published an analysis of how Denmark can achieve various possible 2035 climate targets. The 2035 target will replace the 2030 target of a 70 percent reduction in greenhouse gases compared to 1990.
According to Lars Aagaard, many of the additional reductions that must be found in a 2035 target are characterized by their cross-border nature. This applies, for example, to aviation fuels and heavy transport.
- What awaits us now is to have some technological breakthroughs in heavy transport. These are some areas where it looks as if it may be a little more expensive to get away from fossil energy, says Aagaard.
Climate Council: Future climate measures will be more citizen-friendly
The Climate Council's representative, Peter Møllgaard, said on Friday in connection with the new analysis that future climate measures will be "more citizen-friendly" and affect citizens' everyday lives. The Minister for Climate admits this.
- We are already doing things that affect citizens' everyday lives, says Aagaard, mentioning, for example, the passenger tax and the diesel tax.
And "especially in the area of transport", "some of the last reductions" could also potentially affect citizens.
- But it is not an independent purpose that it should hurt, Aagaard points out in general.
- I do not deny that in some ways there may be some initiatives that some Danes will experience as tedious, annoying and perhaps also cost them something.
Answer: What could it be?
- That is the case, for example, when we raise taxes.
- You cannot reach the goal without it affecting us. But the most important thing is to reach the climate goals. It is not that it hurts. This must be remembered in the debate.
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