European Union

Responses

Adaptation Mitigation Loss And Damage

Sectors

Economy-wide

Instruments

Direct Investment

Nature based solutions and ecosystem restoration

Economic

Carbon pricing & emissions trading

Governance

Capacity building Institutional mandates Subnational and citizen participation

Regulation

Disclosure obligations

Keywords

Paris Agreement

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

Legislative

Eu Regulation

Adaptation Framework

Mitigation Framework

Passed in 2021

This document establishes 1) a comprehensive framework to enable climate change mitigation efforts, including carbon removal, across the Union, and 2) a framework aiming to meet the global adaptation goal set out in Article 7 of the Paris Agreement (art. 5). It further commits the Union 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).

Documents

Link to full text on official website (English)

Climate targets in this law

3 targets

at least 55% GHG emissions reductions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels

Economy-wide | Target year: 2050
Reduction of GHG emissions of at least 55 % compared to 1990 levels by 2030

Economy-wide | Fixed level target | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 1990
Net zero -This Regulation sets out a binding objective of climate neutrality in the Union by 2050.

Economy-wide | Fixed level target | Target year: 2050 | Base year: 2020

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