The last sentence of the agreement on Denmark's first klimalov ever set after several weeks of negotiations.
on Friday night concluded a broad political agreement on a klimalov, which must ensure that Denmark reaches its goal of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases by 70 percent in 2030 compared with the level in 1990.
Klimaloven obliges the incumbent and future governments to work towards this goal. It says environment minister Dan Jørgensen (S) after the negotiations.
- of course, I am incredibly happy and proud that it has managed to make a klimalov. It is a broad law. 167 of the Parliamentary mandates are behind it. And I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all of the parties.
- It's been difficult negotiations. This means that future governments will be bound to the 70 percent target by 2030, says Dan Jørgensen.
the Agreement has been entered into by all parties in the Danish Parliament except the Liberal Alliance and the New Civic. Liberal Alliance left the negotiations earlier on Friday night, because a principle of employment according to the party is not a part of the klimaloven.
Klimaloven with binding milestones. The issue of targets has been a point of contention along the way in the negotiations.
- There will annually be follow-ups to ensure that we are on the right path. There must also be a target for 2025.
- We have agreed that we ask Klimarådet what they recommend. On the face of it, a majority in the Danish Parliament to decide how a target should be, says Dan Jørgensen.
It is Klimarådet at the beginning of each to assess whether the government is on the right path toward the goals that are set. Apart from that the climate minister provide a climate programme in order to keep an eye on, on it goes, as it should. If the minister does not believe that there has been sufficient, then there must be done something about it.
in Addition to the climate minister to a 'klimaeksamen' in the Danish Parliament at the end of the year. For the exam, the entire parliament to decide whether enough is being done, or whether there must be screwed up.
the Parliament very dissatisfied, they may express distrust to the climate minister
the Plan for the new klimalov has been that it should be adopted before christmas. There can hereby be checked out from the part of the plan.
One of the next steps in the plan is that klimaloven need to be followed up by climate action plans in the spring.
