The EU is tightening its CO2 targets by 2030 and warning of the consequences of climate change for health.
Copenhagen/Brussels. Heat, drought, storms, forest fires, crop failures – ongoing climate change is making life in Europe increasingly uncomfortable. As a result, global warming is also forcing the European Union to set a faster pace when it comes to environmental protection. As a reminder, the so-called “Fit for 55” pact, which the Union launched in July 2021, provides for carbon dioxide emissions in the EU to be reduced by 55 percent by the end of this decade compared to 1990 levels is lowered. The long-term goal for 2050 is CO2 neutrality – i.e. no more emissions at the end of the day.
The update of the climate targets, on which the EU member states, the EU Commission and the European Parliament agreed in principle on Tuesday evening under the aegis of the Czech Council Presidency (the legally binding resolution of this regulation on the national targets for climate protection that is still required is considered a formal act), targets the non-industrial ‘sides’ that nonetheless account for more than half of the Union’s carbon emissions – namely emissions from buildings, agriculture and transport.