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Cases / Finance, funds and markets · Denmark · 2030

Denmark to tax livestock emissions from 2030 at 300 kroner per tonne CO2e

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

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No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 2 none on record · 1 not measured See the gaps

Denmark is due to tax livestock emissions from 2030, at 300 kroner per tonne of CO2e, NBC News and AP reported in 2024. The sources reviewed do not say how much the tax would cut livestock emissions.

What?
Denmark is due to tax livestock emissions from 2030 at 300 kroner per tonne of CO2e. NBC News (AP)
Where?
Denmark. NBC News (AP)
When?
From 2030, as reported in 2024. NBC News (AP)
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
A tax levied per tonne of CO2e on livestock emissions. NBC News (AP)
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

Denmark is due to tax livestock emissions from 2030 at 300 kroner per tonne of CO2e, NBC News and AP reported in 2024.

The sources reviewed give no figures for the tax's expected emissions cut or its revenue.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • None on record Farm lobby response and any exemptions: not stated in the sources reviewed.
    • None on record Reported emissions reduction and revenue figures: not in the sources reviewed.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

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    Press and investigations

    1. Denmark livestock carbon tax
      NBC News (AP) · 2024
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