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EU climate target for 2040: Denmark calls for 90 percent CO2 reduction

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Published: December 6th, 2023,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

Lars Aagaard, Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities.

Denmark has stepped forward at COP28 and called for an EU climate target of reducing CO2 emissions by 90 percent by 2040 compared to 1990. „We hope that other EU countries will join us“, said Danish Climate and Energy Minister Lars Aagard in Dubai on Wednesday. He added that it was now time to start this discussion and hoped other countries would also step forward and join the target.

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