Submission to EP on 2030 ESD

Carbon Market Watch argues that the EU's Effort Sharing Decision (ESD) must be reformed for the 2030 period to ensure a legally binding, economy-wide greenhouse gas target. The organization contends that current targets are too low and that the reliance on international offsets hampers domestic action. It suggests that non-ETS sectors—including transport, buildings, agriculture, and waste—possess significant cost-effective mitigation potential that could help the EU exceed an overall 2030 GHG target of 40%.

• The current Effort Sharing Decision (ESD) targets are insufficient to drive innovation or additional emissions reductions, as the EU is projected to achieve 18% reductions by 2020 despite targets only requiring 10%.
• Non-ETS sectors, which account for 58% of EU greenhouse gas emissions, are underperforming relative to their potential, contributing only one third of 2020 emissions reductions despite having large cost-effective potential for 2030.
• The use of international offsets for compliance under the ESD should be discontinued because they weaken targets and discourage domestic climate action; currently, Member States can use offsets for up to two-thirds of required reductions.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2013). Submission to EP on 2030 ESD. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/submission-to-ep-on-2030-esd/

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. Submission to EP on 2030 ESD. 2013. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/submission-to-ep-on-2030-esd/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Carbon Market Watch |title=Submission to EP on 2030 ESD |date=16 September 2013 |url=https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/submission-to-ep-on-2030-esd/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{carbonmarketwatch2013submission, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{Submission to EP on 2030 ESD}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2013}, month = sep, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/submission-to-ep-on-2030-esd/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }