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70% from 1990, when Denmark was in the middle of an oil boom and got almost all its energy from fossil fuels. Emissions are down tremendously already by 2020, s
by gok 6y ago
70% from 1990, when Denmark was in the middle of an oil boom and got almost all its energy from fossil fuels. Emissions are down tremendously already by 2020, so this isn't as dramatic as the headline suggests.
- dundarious 6y agoCompared to similar countries, it’s still impressive.
- gok 6y agoI guess it depends what you mean by similar. Denmark has reduced per capita CO2 emissions a lot (about 40%) from 1990 to 2018. Denmark 9.8 -> 5.8 tons/person But then so has the UK: 9.7 -> 5.6 Sweden only reduced emissions about 27%, but they had a much lower base: 6.1 -> 4.5 Of course some other nearby countries are going the wrong direction... Norway 7.4 -> 9.4, Iceland 7.7 -> 12.1
- dundarious 6y agoThat’s fair, there are similar nations doing even better. I’d still group Denmark into the “wealthy Western European countries making serious per capita GHG emissions cuts by percentage and in absolute terms” club. UK has done surprisingly well also (surprising relative to my casual expectations).