Only Danish laws published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) have legal validity Purpose 1. The purpose of this Act is for Denmark to reduce green- house gas emissions in 2030 by 70% compared to the level of emissions in 1990, and for Denmark to achieve a climate-neu- tral society by 2050 at the latest, taking into account the Paris Agreement target of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. (2). Denmark must actively work for realisation of the Paris Agreement target of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. (3). The climate effort must adhere to a number of guiding principles: 1) The climate challenges are a global problem.