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Halfway There
Existing policies put Europe on track for emission cuts of at least 50% by 2030
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Europe already has the policies in place it needs to halve its emissions by 2030, compared to 1990. This means discussion on Europe’s climate ambition in 2030 changes from “at least 40%”, to become “at least 50%”.
Executive summary
Next year marks a halfway point for the EU
Existing policies put Europe on track for emission cuts of at least 50% by 2030.
Suzana Carp EU Engagement Lead, Ember (formerly Sandbag)
This report is a good news story, showing that the EU is already well on track to significantly overshoot its 2030 emissions reduction target – even the conservative assumptions in our model allow the EU to reach cuts of 58%. Going beyond 58% is possible with political will. This is thanks to all the incremental progress made since the ratification of the Paris Agreement and underlines the fact that we have a new policy baseline from which to work. One that gets us at least halfway to a net zero emissions EU.