energy strategy 2050 - Energy Europe

Initiatives in the strategy
Background
The government will
Reductions in agriculture’s emissions
of greenhouse gases in the long term
The realisation of fossil fuel independence through initiatives
in the energy and transport sectors will ensure that
Denmark comes a long way towards reducing emissions
of greenhouse gases and meeting climate targets in
the short and longer terms. However it is important that
emissions are also reduced in other sectors.
In addition to the energy and transport sectors, agriculture
is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Emissions
of nitrous oxide and methane from agriculture have
been showing significant falls over a number of years,
partly because of limits on nitrogen emissions in the action
plans for the aquatic environment. Today, agriculture
accounts for 16% of total greenhouse gas emissions and
approximately one-third of greenhouse gas emissions for
the non-ETS sectors.
A number of initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
from the sector have already been decided and
are being implemented. For example the Green Growth
agreement for better conditions for using biomass and
biogas for energy purposes is helping support farmers to
supply green energy. The government’s proposed biogas
package will also contribute to reducing emissions from
agriculture. In the future it is important, that Danish efforts
stay in line with other countries to avoid unequal
competition which will impact the competitiveness of
Danish farmers.
• Analyse long term opportunities to reduce emissions
from agriculture as part of cost effective climate efforts
• Promote a sustainable common EU agricultural
policy, for example in relation to climate, so that
agricultural policy can be used to promote climate
friendly production forms, including innovative efforts
and efforts targeted on shallow soil, and to ensure
common green terms for competition in the agricultural
sector
• Evaluate the pilot project and potential to establish a
possible permanent scheme for national JI projects
in 2011
• Improve conditions for expansion of biogas with the
biogas package.
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Energy Strategy 2050 – from coal, oil and gas to green energy.