Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality (European Climate Law)

This document establishes a comprehensive framework to enable climate change mitigation efforts, including carbon removal, across the European Union (EU), and a framework aiming to meet the global adaptation goal set out in Article 7 of the Paris Agreement (art. 5). It further commits the EU to an enhanced target of GHG emissions reduction by 2030 (art. 4) and to climate neutrality by 2050 (art. 2). It amends Regulation (EC) 401/2009 to establish the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change and a number of articles of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. The document defines the rules to assess Union progress and measures (art. 6) and national measures (art. 7). It charges the Commission to engage with the wider public (art. 9), Member States (art. 11) and to create sectoral roadmaps (art. 10).On 2 July 2025 the European Commission formally proposed the new climate target through an amendment of the European climate law. This proposal followed the legislative process and it was amended and approved by the European Parliament on February 10th 2026 and also received the green light by the Council of the EU on March 5th 2026.The new text introduces a binding intermediate climate target for 2040: a 90% reduction in net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to 1990 levels.The amendment is now oficially approved and will enter into force in 20 days after tits publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.