US EditionEuropean Parliament Backs New Climate Target with 90% Emissions Cut, Delays ETS2, Allows Flexibilities
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EU Parliament approves 90% emission reduction by 2040
The European Parliament on Thursday backed a target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040 compared with 1990 levels, broadly aligning with the position agreed earlier by EU member states. 379 MEPs voted in favor, 248 against. The 2040 target is now legally enshrined as an intermediate step towards 2050, when the EU aims to be climate neutral. Member states agreed to the European Commission’s proposal last week, although they have signif…
The European Parliament has approved a new interim target for climate policy: a 90 percent reduction in CO₂ emissions by 2040. According to BBB Member of the European Parliament Sander Smit, Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra's plan is completely out of touch with reality. He called the new target a "paper reality" to NieuwRechts and even "not climate policy, but economic kamikaze politics."
The European Parliament wants to reduce emissions by 90% by 2040 compared to 1990 levels. The objective is to make the EU a climate neutral reason by 2050. Over the past few hours, the European Parliament has approved a proposal from the EU Commission on the modification of the climate law. A new intermediate and binding climate target has been established for 2040, which consists of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (Ghg) by 90% compare…
The Climate Coalition welcomes the EP’s support for a 90% reduction in emissions in the EU by 2040
Bratislava – The Climate Coalition, a platform of 18 environmental organizations in Slovakia, welcomes the support for the proposal to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040 from the European Parliament (EP) and calls on the Slovak government to stop opposing common European solutions. According to TASR, this was reported by Lucia Szabová from the Climate Coalition. “Just as the world climate summit is taking place in Brazil, …
The European Parliament has supported the European Commission's proposal to amend the Climate Law in order to consolidate an intermediate target of reducing polluting emissions by 90 per cent by 2040, compared to the 1990 registries, but has also supported flexibility measures to allow countries to relax their commitment to the purchase of international credits to cover up to 5 per cent of that target.
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