Major tech- nological advances, etc., can also result in significant reductions in other areas. The Governmentâs substantiation As mentioned, the Climate Act requires the Minister for Climate, Energy and Utili- ties to provide an assessment, in the climate programme, of whether it can be ren- dered probable that the national climate targets â a 70% reduction of Danish green- house gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 and climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest â are achievable. Since the change of government in June 2019, initiatives have been adopted to re- duce the deficit by approximately 5 million tonnes of CO2e. Today, the deficit amounts to approximately 16.1 million tonnes of CO2e.