By Tim Laws, Water
September 10, 2024
Source: EEA
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Our climate is changing because of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. Despite notable emission reductions over the last decades, the EU must transform production and consumption systems to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.
The European Green Deal sets the overall roadmap for achieving EU climate neutrality by 2050 by tackling the threat of climate change while also growing economically and protecting people’s well-being. With the European Climate Law, the EU made climate neutrality by 2050 a legally binding goal, set an interim target of a net 55% emission reduction by 2030 and is working on setting the 2040 target. The Fit for 55 proposal aims to bring EU legislation in line with the 2030 goal.
The impacts of the 2022 gas and energy security crisis highlighted the importance of transitioning faster towards a clean and secure EU energy system.
Under the wider umbrella of the European Green Deal, Europe's 2030 policy ambitions include:
Reducing net greenhouse gas emissions to at least 55% below 1990 levels by 2030;
Improving the share of renewable energy use;
Increasing energy efficiency;
Setting a more ambitious and cost-effective path to achieving climate neutrality by 2050;
Stimulating green job creation and continuing the EU’s track record of cutting greenhouse gas emissions while growing its economy;
Providing more opportunities to recharge or fuel vehicles with alternative fuels, and providing alternative power supply for ships and planes;
Encouraging international partners to increase their ambition to limit the rise in global temperature to 1.5°C and avoid the most severe consequences of climate change;
Introducing a waste hierarchy for proper waste management that includes prevention, reuse, recycling, recovery, and disposal.
To accelerate this transition, Europe must ensure that investments and finance support sustainability. Energy and mobility sectors especially must distance themselves from unsustainable technologies.
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