The European Parliament on Tuesday gave the final green light to an ambitious target to reduce the EU's greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. This is reported by the news agency AFP.
The agreement is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040 compared to 1990 levels. According to AFP, it is an important milestone towards the EU's goal of becoming CO2 neutral by 2050.
The vote in Brussels ended with 413 votes in favor and 226 votes against. The agreement includes flexibility so that CO2 credits can be purchased outside the EU's 27 member states to help achieve the goal. Final approval from EU member states is now required before the agreement is fully in place, it says.
Trading with CO2 credits is a controversial issue, where countries and companies can buy reductions elsewhere. It was introduced as a compromise in the agreement to meet concerns from several countries, including Italy. Activist groups have accused the EU of simply sending the bill abroad.
SF members satisfied with the agreement
After the agreement, Danish EU parliamentarian Rasmus Nordqvist (SF) is satisfied that strict quality requirements and clear protections are included against EU countries "just being able to buy themselves out of responsibility". He writes this in an email to Ritzau.
- It is crucial that climate credits do not become a shortcut without real reductions, it says.
Rasmus Nordqvist adds that this is not the goal that he and the Green parties in parliament fought for, but that it is "the least bad result in the political reality we find ourselves in".
The European Climate Law, adopted in 2021, forms the legal basis for the EU's long-term climate policy in accordance with the Paris Agreement.
It sets a binding, economy-wide target of climate neutrality by 2050 and a 2030 target of reducing net emissions by at least 55 percent.
/ritzau/AFP
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