Denmark Targets Emissions Reduction of up to 54% by 2025

Denmark is ramping up efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, after lawmakers pressured the government to target more ambitious goals.

Parliament agreed to reduce Denmark’s carbon footprint by 50-54% by 2025, according to a statement on Friday. That’s more than the 46-50% the Social Democrat government had aimed for.

Denmark, home to Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Orsted A/S, is giving itself until 2030 to cut emissions by 70% compared with 1990 levels. To wean the country entirely off fossil fuels, the government has pledged to end oil production in the North Sea and build an artificial island off ...