The Environmental Policy Guidelines for 2021-2027 (EPGs 2027), adopted by the Cabinet Order 583/2022, are a medium-term policy planning document for the environmental sector.
They have been developed in accordance with the priorities set out in the Latvia 2030, Latvian NDP for 2021-2027 and the strategic objectives of the European Green Course and provide for:
- achieving the 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target and achieve climate neutrality by 2050;
- improving adaptability, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change;
- making progress towards a renewable growth model by decoupling economic growth from resource use and environmental depletion and acceleration of the transition to a circular economy;
- aiming for zero pollution in the environment free of toxic substances, including air, water and soil, and thus also protecting the health and well-being of Europeans;
- protecting, preserving and restoring biodiversity and increasing natural capital, in particular air, water, soil, and forest, freshwater, wetland and marine ecosystems; and
- promoting environmental sustainability and reducing environmental and climate pressures related to production and consumption, in the fields of energy, industrial development, buildings and infrastructure, mobility and food systems.
