It is impossible to find out from Climate, Energy and Supply Minister Lars Aagaard (M) when the government will present its proposal for a 2035 climate target.
According to the climate act, a new reduction target must be adopted during 2025, but before then the government will open 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 have to reach climate neutrality (In 2045, ed.), the difficult things are now. One must not imagine that there is anything left that is easy. Then we would have done it already, says Lars Aagaard.
The government's green watchdog, the Climate Council, has on Friday published an analysis of how Denmark can achieve various possible 2035 climate targets. The 2035 target must replace the 2030 target of a 70 percent reduction in greenhouse gases compared to 1990.
According to Lars Aagaard, many of the additional reductions to be found in a 2035 target are characterized by the fact that they cross borders. This applies, for example, to aviation fuel and heavy transport.
- What is waiting now is to have some technological breakthroughs in heavy transport. There are some areas where it looks like it might be a little more expensive to get away from fossil energy, says Aagaard.
Climate Council: Future climate measures will be closer to citizens
The Climate Council's representative, Peter Møllgaard, says on Friday in connection with the new analysis that future climate measures will be "closer to citizens" and affect citizens' everyday life. The climate minister admits this.
- We are already doing things that affect citizens' everyday lives, says Aagaard and mentions the passenger tax and the diesel tax, for example.
And "especially in the area of transport" "some of the last reductions" will also potentially affect citizens.
- But it is not an independent purpose that it should hurt, points out Aagaard 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?
- This is the case, for example, when we raise taxes.
- You cannot reach your goal without it affecting us. But the most important thing is to reach the climate goals. It's not that it hurts. That must be remembered in the debate.
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