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EU considers tighter GHG emissions cuts by 2030 to reach 2050 targets

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on tightening the European Union's 2030 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target. The European Union (EU) has set a target to cut GHG emissions by 40% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels. The Commission is considering raising the target to a 50% or 55% cut by 2030, i.e. the level required to reach net-zero GHG emissions by 2050, as set by the EU's Green Deal strategy of December 2019. The consultation is open until the end of June 2020 and the new target will be proposed in September 2020. The European Commission plans to revise regulations on the carbon market, renewable energy and energy efficiency by June 2021.

The European Commission aims to boost energy efficiency (including by doubling or even tripling the renovation rate of buildings), to interconnect energy systems, to better integrate renewables to the grids, to decarbonise the gas sector and to develop the full potential of European offshore wind.

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