COPENHAGEN: Denmark, which last year introduced a pioneering carbon tax on livestock farming, on Wednesday announced an agreement to cut nitrogen emissions from agriculture and curb water pollution.
The Scandinavian country prides itself on being a leader in tackling global warming but waste from farming has stifled marine ecosystems.
The deal aims to reduce nitrogen emissions by 9,600 tons a year using a quota system.
“From 2027, farmers will receive an emissions quota based on the necessary reduction of nitrogen emissions in their catchment area,” the government announced in a statement.
The quotas will be adjusted according to the capacity of aquatic environments to absorb nitrogen emissions and based on farmers’ efforts to convert their land into natural habitats, it added.
