Although the new EU Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen recently rejected the idea of pricing agricultural emissions, Denmark is leading the way. Last week, a broad parliamentary majority approved an agreement that includes a tax on greenhouse gas emissions from livestock farming – the first of its kind in the world. The revenue is to flow back into the sector via support programs. Farmers’ associations and environmentalists were involved in the talks and support the agreement, which also includes measures against nitrate pollution and the rewetting of moors, among others.