Two-faced: EU governments gutting Europe’s key climate law

A joint statement by six NGOs criticizing EU governments for attempting to weaken the Effort Sharing Regulation, arguing that their current position would result in a reduction of less than 25% of emissions by 2030, failing to meet the 30% target supported by the European Parliament.

• EU governments are pushing for loopholes in the proposed Effort Sharing Regulation for the 2021-2030 period, which the authors claim would lead to hundreds of millions of tonnes of additional CO2 emissions.
• While the European Parliament supports a 30% emission cut by 2030, the current position of EU governments would result in a reduction of less than 25%.
• The NGOs argue that EU member states are using pre-2020 efforts to reduce the necessity for action after 2020, which contradicts the Paris Agreement's requirement for a constant downward path of emissions.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2017). Two-faced: EU governments gutting Europe’s key climate law. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/two-faced-eu-governments-gutting-europes-key-climate-law/

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@misc{carbonmarketwatch2017twofaced, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{Two-faced: EU governments gutting Europe’s key climate law}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2017}, month = dec, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/two-faced-eu-governments-gutting-europes-key-climate-law/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }