World’s First Carbon Tax on Livestock: the case of Denmark

Denmark will tax livestock farmers for the greenhouse gases emitted by their cows, sheep and pigs from 2030, the first country to do so as it targets a major source of methane emissions. 

This topic is analysed in several articles to highlight the main outcomes: is it good enough to reduce climate impact of the livestock sector?

To start a discussion on the topic, we suggest these two articles:

Olsen, 2024. The World’s First Carbon Tax on Livestock. https://www.foodmanufacturing.com/supply-chain/news/22913688/the-worlds-first-carbon-tax-on-livestock

Schaper et al., 2025. On the emission and distributional effects of a CO2eq-tax on agricultural goods—The case of Germany. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102794