How can the EU’s largest climate tool spur Europe’s low-carbon transition?

The document critiques the EU's Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR) proposal for 2021-2030, arguing that the 30% emission reduction target is insufficient and that proposed flexibilities and inaccurate baselines could undermine the environmental integrity of the transition.

• The Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR) targets national emission reductions in the transport, buildings, agriculture, and waste sectors, which together account for 60% of the European Union's total greenhouse gas emissions.
• The proposed 2030 target of a 30% reduction in emissions for non-EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) sectors is considered too low to limit global warming, and the inclusion of loopholes could reduce the actual emission decrease to only 23%.
• The proposal's environmental integrity is threatened by flexibilities that allow the use of forestry or ETS credits for compliance instead of actual emission reductions, as well as a starting point that fails to accurately reflect 2020 emissions levels.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2016). How can the EU’s largest climate tool spur Europe’s low-carbon transition? https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/policy-brief-the-2030-effort-sharing-regulation/

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. How can the EU’s largest climate tool spur Europe’s low-carbon transition? 2016. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/policy-brief-the-2030-effort-sharing-regulation/.

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BibTeX

@techreport{carbonmarketwatch2016how, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{How can the EU’s largest climate tool spur Europe’s low-carbon transition?}}, institution = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2016}, month = sep, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/policy-brief-the-2030-effort-sharing-regulation/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }