Read the article below and discuss it with people you know who are interested in agriculture or worried about climate.
(reposted from the Nerd Corner)
… the Danish price on agricultural climate pollution is now going into effect (Bangkok Post) (if you have a NY Times account, you can see it here).
Denmark, known for its inventive restaurants and elegant design studios, is about to become known for something more basic: the world’s first belch and manure tax.
That’s because there are five times as many pigs and cows in Denmark as there are people. Nearly two-thirds of its land is taken up by farming. And agriculture is becoming its largest share of climate pollution, putting lawmakers under intense public pressure to reduce it.
So now, Denmark’s unlikely coalition government, made up of three parties from across the political spectrum, has agreed to tax the planet-heating methane emissions that all those animals expel through their poop, farts and burps. The measure, under negotiation for years, was passed by the Danish Parliament this month, making it the only such climate levy on livestock in the world.
Carbon Brief has a detailed Q&A about how it will work. It's a sort of industry-specific fee and dividend, with a $45/ton CO2-equivalent starting price, but 60% rebated equally based on the type of livestock's average emissions. So the most emissions-efficient farms will have almost no net costs.
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