The United Kingdom is no longer the most ambitious nation in the world when it comes to cutting carbon dioxide emissions in the fight against climate change over the next decade.

Denmark’s climate minister, Lars Aagaard, announced this week that his government would submit a binding target to cut emissions by 82% by 2035 compared with 1990 levels. That’s one percentage point more than the U.K. goal set out earlier this year.

And ultimately the number could edge even higher. The Danish government said in a statement that the goal will be set “within the range of 82 to 85 percent.” It is willing to allocate some $620 million per year to meet the target, the statement said.

“It is crucial that we send a bold and clear signal in the times that we’re living in,” he said at a news conference

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