Several EU governments have demanded the European Commission table an overdue proposal for a 2040 emissions reduction target, the missing milestone on the bloc’s pathway to climate-neutrality by mid-century, though a few remain sceptical.
Under a law adopted in 2021, the EU is committed to net-zero by 2050, after bringing its carbon emissions to 55% below 1990 levels by the end of this decade. The missing element is a 2040 target, which the EU executive was supposed to table last year, and recently removed from its provisional agenda for the coming weeks.
