Greta Thunberg Slams Danish Animal Farming Policies

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has criticized Denmark's animal agriculture industry and its weak environmental policies. She and activists from Denmark's Green Youth Movement are pushing for stronger measures in the upcoming negotiations on the country's environmental and agricultural policies. They want meat producers to pay higher taxes on greenhouse gas emissions and are critical of the industry's reliance on technological fixes that may further entrench intensive animal farming.

Denmark recently agreed to implement a tax on agricultural emissions, but activists argue that it is not enough and is being introduced too late. Thunberg is calling for a reduction and transformation of Denmark's animal agriculture industry, which accounts for a quarter of the country's emissions. She urges activists to pressure Danish political parties to improve the deal's agricultural policies, particularly by raising the emissions tax on animal farming, in order to protect the environment and the climate.