Denmark is moving ahead with the world’s first carbon tax on agriculture, with cattle farmers set to be charged almost €100 a year for the greenhouse gas emissions from each of their cows.
After months of fraught negotiations with trade bodies and environmental groups, Denmark’s ruling coalition last night agreed an effective tax rate of DKr120 (€16) per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions from livestock.
Countries around the world are struggling to cut emissions from food production — which accounts for almost a quarter of global emissions including land use changes — while maintaining food security.
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