EP approves deal on climate neutrality by 2050
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The European Parliament approved an increase in the EU's emissions reduction target by 2030 to at least 55 percent from 40 percent and achieving climate neutrality by 2050, Parliament said. It approved the new reduction target with 442 votes in favor, 203 against, and 51 abstentions.
Progress in achieving the goals is to be monitored by a new independent scientific advisory panel.
The EU's 2030 greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction target will increase from 40 percent to at least 55 percent compared to 1990 levels. The forthcoming Commission proposal for a Regulation on Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) to regulate GHG emissions and removals from land use, land-use change, and forestry are expected to increase the EU's 2030 emissions reduction target to 57 percent.
(ISBnews)
