INFORMĀCIJAI

The Environmental Advisory Council calls for Latvia to advocate for higher 2030 EU emission reduction targets, a more accurate baseline for non-ETS sectors starting in 2017, and the reduction of compensation mechanisms to ensure the effectiveness of the Effort Sharing Decision (ESD).

• The current EU energy efficiency and renewable energy targets are insufficient to implement the Paris Agreement, necessitating urgent emission reductions particularly in the transport and agriculture sectors.
• In Latvia, the primary sources of CO2 emissions are transport (33.8%), agriculture (30.6%), housing (14.7%), small industry (11.9%), and waste (9.1%).
• The European Commission's proposal for 2030 targets is considered too low and contains flaws regarding the reporting baseline that could undermine EU climate policy and investment opportunities.
• To meet Paris Agreement commitments, the EU should reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 47% by 2030 and by 95% by 2050.
• The Council recommends establishing a linear emission trajectory starting from 2017 rather than 2020, which would reduce the carbon budget by more than 500Mt CO2e compared to the Commission's proposal.
• Compensation mechanisms should be reduced to prevent countries from transferring emission savings from forestry and the emissions trading system, which could otherwise create 380 Mt of excess emissions.

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@misc{carbonmarketwatch2017informcijai, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{INFORMĀCIJAI}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2017}, month = jun, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Latvia_1-15VKP_CO2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }