Manya Rathore
Research expert covering India
Climate targets of the European Union - statistics & facts
The European Union has introduced a set of initiatives to combat climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions on the continent. The most encompassing is the European Green Deal, which was introduced in late 2019 and approved the following year. This deal spells out the EU’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. A follow-up package named Fit for 55 was announced in the summer of 2021 and specifically addresses the targets to be achieved by 2030. A third important addition is the the RePowerEU plan, which was proposed in May 2022 in response to the Russia-Ukraine war and the high energy import dependency in Europe.
