Denmark Enacts World’s First Carbon Tax On Livestock, $100 For Each Cow Farmers Own

In a world first, Denmark is set to impose a carbon tax on farmers for every head of cattle they own in a bid that is supposed to curb methane emissions and meet the country’s 2030 climate targets.

According to a press release on the Danish Ministry of Taxation (Skatteministeriet), the new “agreement shows the way to make Denmark a modern agricultural country and provides concrete answers to the climate and nature challenges of agriculture. The parties agree on a historical redevelopment of the Danish area, which gives more room for nature and better conditions for biodiversity and drinking water protection.”

The new plan called “Agreement on a green Denmark” – decided upon by the nation’s Agriculture & Food, Denmark’s Nature Conservation Association, Food Association NNF, Danish Metal, Danish Industry and KL – has levied a number of taxes on farmers and ranchers that is supposed to reign the amount of emissions their livestock produce annually.

The tax will need to be formally passed into law by the Danish Parliament later this year, where it presumably will pass.

The tax ministry’s new fines are as follows:

With the agreement, the parties agree that a CO2 tax must be introduced on emissions from livestock.

A fee of DKK 300 ($43) per ton CO2 in 2030 increasing to DKK 750 ($107) per tonnes of CO2e in 2035 with a floor deduction of 60%.

The effective tax will thus amount to DKK 120 ($17) per ton CO2 in 2030 increasing to DKK 300 ($43) per tonnes of CO2 in 2035.

In addition, just over 30 billion krones ($4,299,780,000) for the withdrawal of a total of approximately 140.00 hectares (ha) carbon-rich lowland soils including marginal areas and the establishment of 250,000 ha of forest.

In addition, a subsidy scheme of a total of just over DKK 10 billion ($1,433,260,000) is being set up. DKK until 2045 for the storage of biochar produced by pyrolysis.

CNN reports: ‘On average, Danish dairy cows, which account for much of the cattle population, emit 5.6 tonnes of CO2-equivalent per year, according to Concito, a green think tank in Denmark. Using the lower tax rate of 120 krone results in a charge of 672 krone per cow, or $96. With the tax break in place, that levy will rise to 1,680 krone per cow in 2035 ($241).’

The tax ministry also notes plans to remove ‘140,000 hectares of carbonaceous low floor land including peripheral areas.’

According to Statistics Denmark, there were 15,331 farms with livestock in 2023, nearly 50% the number of farms in 2006, when there were 29,083. There were 8,972 farms containing cattle in Denmark, and 2,131 contained pigs.

The Skatteministeriet also said in a statement:

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The partners also agree, that, as part of the transformation of the agricultural and food industries, there is also a need to accelerate the development and maturation of new climate technologies and measures – and to reduce their effects as soon as possible must be documented so that they can count towards the national emission inventory.

Overall, the efforts in the agreement are estimated to reduce Danish emissions by DKK 1.8 million tons of CO2 in 2030. The agreement thus closes the deficit in relation to the 2030 climate target.

The agreement will bring about major changes in the profession and in the Danish landscape in the coming years and decades. The agreement shows the way to a thorough rethink of the way the Danish land area is managed. The vision is for Denmark to be an international role model for a holistic and multifunctional approach to land management, where considerations of nature, biodiversity and drinking water go hand in hand with efficient and modern food production.

The agreement also lays down the framework and principles for the efforts that will bring Denmark into line with the EU Water Framework Directive, so that the Danish coastal waters are again brought into good ecological condition. The agreement is a paradigm shift in nitrogen efforts, where regulation is combined with targeted land reclamation, supported conversion and modern land management.

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Finance Minister Stephanie Lose said in a statement:

With the agreement in Green Tripartite, we set a clear green direction for future Danish agriculture. We create a framework for a more sustainable, high-tech and efficient agricultural production, which ensures a green transition.

It has not been an easy task, but I am proud that we are once again showing, that in Denmark we can sit down and listen to each other and together find solutions to the great challenges facing our good country.

The agreement will bring about major changes in the profession and in the Danish landscape in the coming years and decades. The agreement shows the way to a thorough rethink of the way the Danish land area is managed.

The vision is for Denmark to be an international role model for a holistic and multifunctional approach to land management, where considerations of nature, biodiversity and drinking water go hand in hand with efficient and modern food production.

Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen lauded the tax plan saying, “We will be the first country in the world with a CO2 tax on agriculture. This is another example of what we can accomplish as we pursue politics across the middle.”

Environment Minister Magnus Heunicke stated: ” With this agreement we draw a brand new green Denmark map.”

Tax Minister Jeppe Bruus said: “Other countries will be inspired by this. The agreement shows how much we can achieve when we come together across party colors and interests to find common solutions to one of the greatest challenges of our time.”

Chairman of the National Association of Local Authorities Martin Damm also noted: “There are major changes in our country that are being proposed, and the agreement will change the Danish land for decades to come.”

In 2022, New Zealand attempted to implement a similar tax code, but was recently canned after backlash from farmers and a change in governance since Prime Minister Jacinta Ardern resigned.

Farmers and populists have been protesting fervently for the last couple of years, none more so than The Netherlands, in defiance of a number of countries trying to implement emissions taxes, land sequestration and mass livestock slaughter in order to purportedly cut emissions. SEE: EU Passes Flagship Nature Restoration Law Amidst Protests, Allows For Massive Land Grabs And Heavy Restrictions On Farmers

The WinePress reported in 2022 the Dutch government’s plan to seize thousands of acres of farmland appears to coincide with existing blueprints to erect a massive metropolitan smart city that connects to other major E.U. cities.

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AUTHOR COMMENTARY

All is going according to plan. What do you mean, Jacob? Well, look back at a detailed report I wrote earlier this year: Hunger Games: World Bank And Cargill Simulated Food Crisis That Starts In 2020 During Pandemic, Predicts Carbon And Meat Taxes In 2024

In 2015, the World Bank, Cargill, The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), along with the Center for American Progress (CAP) and Mars Inc., including a number of NGOs, stakeholders, think tanks and experts, came together to conduct the “Food Chain Reaction” that simulated to food and climate crises starting in 2020 and into 2030. This simulation has been basically been scrubbed from online but I was able to do a lot of digging into the plans. I encourage you to read it for yourself (I put some time into that report), but it eerily spells out events that are panning out to be “coincidences,” such as the collapse and funding of Ukraine in 2023 and 2024, and the E.U. and U.S. implementing meat and carbon taxes in 2024 – which is what is happening right now, on top of all of the bird flu nonsense we keep hearing about. SEE: Former CDC Director Robert Redfield Adamantly Warns For 4th Time ‘We Will Have A Bird Flu Pandemic,’ With ’25-50% Mortality’

Going into this year, a report published by the United Nations in the leadup to COP28, they insinuated that by 2050 half of the world’s meat production needs to be cut in half, and to adopt a plant-based diet and consume lab-grown meats instead. During COP28, 159 nations signed a pact that stated, “By 2025 we intend to strengthen our respective and shared efforts […] We affirm that agriculture and food systems must urgently adapt and transform in order to respond to the imperatives of climate change,” the declaration at COP28 reads. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also dropped in with a video message, stating: “Our food systems are harming the health of people and planet. Food systems contribute to over 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, and account for almost one-third of the global burden of disease. Transforming food systems is therefore essential by shifting for this healthier, diversified and more plant-based diets.”

Moreover, during COP28, Kristalina Georgieva, the head managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank Group – which had an integral part in the Food Chain Reaction game – urged world governments to implement a carbon tax. The IMF head said during the forum:

We are a huge proponent of carbon price. We believe that carbon price has the potential of raising revenues in a way that is both equitable because the more you consume, the more you pollute, the more you pay. It is also an incentive to accelerate decarbonization. In other words, you would need less money because of consumption and production adapting to it.

Georgieva explained, which mirrors what the Food Chain Reaction simulation suggested, following an identical time line.

SEE: UK Grocery Chain Sainsbury’s Publishes Report Saying Diets Will Be Plant-Based By 2025, Introducing A ‘Sin Tax’ To Reduce Meat Consumption

It’s all coming to pass…

1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; [2] Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; [3] Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

The fight continues… Don’t comply, take a stand and warn people about this, especially your local farmers; and network with them so you can establish some way of obtaining secure meat and dairy if they are forced to go totally on the black market.

Ephesians 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

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[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).

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