EU member states have ‘significantly closed’ the gap to achieving the bloc’s 2030 energy and climate targets, according to new European Commission figures.
The commission’s assessment of countries’ National Energy and Climate Plans shows that they are on course to reduce net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by around 54% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels, if they implement existing and planned national measures and EU policies.
As a result, the EU, collectively, is closing in on a 55% reduction in GHG emissions, as committed to in the European Climate Law. The figures also show that member states have ‘substantially improved’ their plans following recommendations by the commission in December 2023.
