Denmark is frequently cited as a climate success story within the EU, having reduced total greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 45% from 1990 to 2022. However, this aggregate figure obscures significant sectoral variation. Agriculture, Denmark's largest emissions source after energy, reduced emissions by only 10–15% over the same period — manure management and livestock enteric fermentation have proved resistant to reduction. A substantial portion of Denmark's industrial emissions reduction is attributable to offshoring of manufacturing to countries with weaker climate policies, not genuine decarbonisation. Denmark's energy sector saw the largest reductions (~70%), driven by wind power expansion (Denmark generates ~55% of electricity from wind). The country's per-capita emissions (approximately 5.5 tonnes CO₂e in 2022) remain above the EU average. Denmark's 2020 Climate Act commits to a 70% reduction by 2030 from 1990 levels, the most ambitious target in the EU, but achieving this will require unprecedented agricultural reform.