Are the Danish Government right to put a carbon tax on farmers?

Last week the Danish Government announced its plans for an agricultural carbon tax, but one Danish farm group claims it is 'pure bureaucracy'

Alex Black
Deputy Editor
clock • 2 min read
Are the Danish Government right to put a carbon tax on farmers?

Danish farmers will have to pay 120 Danish krone per tonne (£13.62/t) of emitted CO2 equivalent (CO2e) from 2035, after its Government agreed to put the world's first carbon tax on farmers. On June...

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