Blue and Green: According to Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, the Commission missed an important opportunity to scale up EU climate action in todays proposal by failing to introduce a ratchet-up mechanism to increase targets over time and by refusing to set the lowest starting point for emission reductions in 2021.
The Effort Sharing Regulation proposal presented by the European Commission today outlines how to break down the EU-wide target to reduce emissions from transport, buildings and farming by 30%...