The European Commission has presented the European Climate Law, which proposes a legally binding target of net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050.
To reach this goal, the Commission will work on a new EU target for GHG emissions reduction by 2030 (the Climate Law will be amended once the impact assessment is completed) and will review by June 2021 all the relevant policies instruments to achieve additional emission reductions by 2030. In addition, the Commission will set up a 2030-2050 trajectory for EU GHG emission reductions and will assess the consistency of EU and national measures with the climate-neutrality objective and the 2030-2050 trajectory (by September 2023 and every five years after). Finally, EU member states will be required to develop and implement adaptation strategies to reduce their vulnerability to the effects of climate change.
The European Union aims to become the first climate-neutral region in the world by 2050, according to its European Green Deal (December 2019).